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Where does “шрајбтиш” come from?

шрајбтиш (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Schreibtisch, from German tisch, from Middle High German tisch, from Old High German tisc, from Proto-West Germanic disk, from Latin discus, from Proto-Italic diskō, from Proto-Italic dikskō — take; perceive.

шрајбтиш (Serbo-Croatian): writing table, desk

Definitions

  1. writing table, desk

Ancestry of “шрајбтиш”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchreibtischdesk
2Germantisch—
3Middle High Germantisch—
4Old High Germantiscplate
5Proto-West Germanicdiskdish
6Latindiscusa discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;...
7Proto-Italicdiskōlearn
8Proto-Italicdikskō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeandi-dḱ-ské-ti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeandeḱ-take; perceive
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