Where does “тужаљка” come from?
тужаљка (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ту́га, from Proto-Slavic tǫga — sadness, melancholy.
тужаљка (Serbo-Croatian): lament
Ancestry of “тужаљка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | ту́га | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | tǫga | sadness, melancholy |