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Where does “сумаглица” come from?

сумаглица (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian маглица, from Serbo-Croatian ма̀гла, from Proto-Slavic mьgla̍, from Proto-Balto-Slavic miglā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European h₃mígʰleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European h₃meygʰ- — fog, mist, cloud; to drizzle.

сумаглица (Serbo-Croatian): mist, haze

Definitions

  1. mist, haze

Ancestry of “сумаглица”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianмаглицаfog, mist; nebula
2Serbo-Croatianма̀гла—
3Proto-Slavicmьgla̍—
4Proto-Balto-Slavicmiglā́ˀ—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃mígʰleh₂mist, cloud
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃meygʰ-fog, mist, cloud; to drizzle
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