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Where does “споменик” come from?

споменик (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -ник, from Proto-Slavic -(ь)nikъ.

споменик (Serbo-Croatian): monument

Definitions

  1. monument

Ancestry of “споменик”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-никSuffix appended to nominal stems to create a...
2Proto-Slavic-(ь)nikъ—
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