Where does “слоница” come from?

слоница (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -ица, from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

слоница (Serbo-Croatian): female elephant

Definitions

  1. female elephant

Ancestry of “слоница”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-ицаSuffix appended to words to create a feminine...
2Proto-Slavic-ica*děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ica →Every word from Serbo-Croatian -ица →
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