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Where does “сјенка” come from?

сјенка (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic sěnь, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

сјенка (Serbo-Croatian): shade; shadow

Definitions

  1. shade; shadow

Ancestry of “сјенка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicsěnьshadow
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow
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