Where does “са́вјестан” come from?
са́вјестан (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian са́вјест, from Old Church Slavonic съвѣсть, from Old Church Slavonic съвѣдѣти, from Old Church Slavonic съ, from Proto-Slavic sъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Ancestry of “са́вјестан”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | са́вјест | — |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | съвѣсть | conscience |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | съвѣдѣти | to know; to know thyself |
| 4 | Old Church Slavonic | съ | with |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | sъ(n) | with, accompanying, alongside; with, by means of,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | — |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “са́вјестан”