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Where does “језик” come from?

језик (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic inźūˀ-kas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀs, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dinźūˀs, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

језик (Serbo-Croatian): tongue; language

Definitions

  1. tongue; language

Ancestry of “језик”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicęzykъtongue; language
2Proto-Balto-Slavicinźūˀ-kas—
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*inźūˀs—
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*dinźūˀs—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue

Words derived from “језик”

  • језикословље
  • језикозналац
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →