Where does “рибњак” come from?

рибњак (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian риба, from Proto-Slavic ryba, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰu- — fish.

рибњак (Serbo-Croatian): fish pond

Definitions

  1. fish pond

Ancestry of “рибњак”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianрибаfish; girl, chick; vagina
2Proto-Slavicrybafish
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰu-fish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰu- →Every word from Proto-Slavic ryba →Every word from Serbo-Croatian риба →