Where does “фолклористика” come from?

фолклористика (Serbo-Croatian) comes from English folkloristics, from English folklorist, from English folklore, from English lore, from Middle English lore, from Old English lār, from Proto-West Germanic laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic laizō — to trace; to track.

фолклористика (Serbo-Croatian): folkloristics

Definitions

  1. folkloristics

Ancestry of “фолклористика”, step by step

фолклористика traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English folkloristics

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfolkloristicsThe formal academic study of folklore
2EnglishfolkloristA person who studies or collects folklore
3EnglishfolkloreThe tales, legends and superstitions of a...
4EnglishloreAll the facts and traditions about a particular...
5Middle Englishloreeducation, tutoring, mentoring; learning; the...
6Old Englishlārteaching; doctrine; lore, learning, science, art...
7Proto-West Germaniclaiʀu
8Proto-Germaniclaizōteaching; lore; doctrine
9Proto-Germaniclaizijanąto teach
10Proto-Indo-Europeanloyséyeti
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleysto trace; to track

via Serbo-Croatian фо̀лкло̄р

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianфо̀лкло̄рfolklore
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leysEvery word from Proto-Indo-European loyséyetiEvery word from Proto-Germanic laizijaną