Where does “шиндра” come from?
шиндра (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German schindel, from Middle High German schindel, from Old High German scintula, from Proto-Germanic *skindulā, from Latin scindula, from Latin scandula, from Proto-Indo-European sked-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
шиндра (Serbo-Croatian): shingle, batten
Ancestry of “шиндра”, step by step