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Where does “јелен” come from?

јелен (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic (j)elenь, from Proto-Indo-European h₁el-en-i-.

јелен (Serbo-Croatian): male deer, buck, stag

Definitions

  1. male deer, buck, stag

Ancestry of “јелен”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic(j)elenь—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁el-en-i-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁el-en-i- →