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Where does “славуј” come from?

славуј (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic solvьjь, from Proto-Slavic solvъ, from Proto-Indo-European saluo-.

славуј (Serbo-Croatian): nightingale or thrush nightingale

Definitions

  1. nightingale or thrush nightingale

Ancestry of “славуј”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicsolvьjьnightingale
2Proto-Slavicsolvъ
3Proto-Indo-Europeansaluo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European saluo- →