Where does “страница” come from?
страница (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Russian страни́ца, from Russian страна́, from Old East Slavic страна, from Old Church Slavonic страна, from Proto-Slavic stornà — side, land.
страница (Serbo-Croatian): page
Ancestry of “страница”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | страни́ца | page |
| 2 | Russian | страна́ | country, region |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | страна | — |
| 4 | Old Church Slavonic | страна | side; country, region |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | stornà | side, land |