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Where does “јањад” come from?

јањад (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ја̏гња̄д, from Serbo-Croatian ја̏гње, from Proto-Slavic (j)agnę, from Proto-Indo-European h₂egʷnós, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

јањад (Serbo-Croatian): lambs

Definitions

  1. lambs

Ancestry of “јањад”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianја̏гња̄д—
2Serbo-Croatianја̏гњеlamb
3Proto-Slavic(j)agnę—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂egʷnóslamb
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
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