Where does “струготина” come from?

струготина (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian стругати, from Proto-Slavic strugati, from Proto-Indo-European srew-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

струготина (Serbo-Croatian): shavings

Definitions

  1. shavings

Ancestry of “струготина”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianстругатиto file; to plane; to grind, sharpen
2Proto-Slavicstrugatito plan or rasp wood
3Proto-Indo-Europeansrew-to flow, stream
4Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European srew- →Every word from Proto-Slavic strugati →