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Where does “Jugòslāvija” come from?

Jugòslāvija (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian Jugoslàvēn, from Serbo-Croatian jug, from Serbo-Croatian -ina, from Proto-Slavic -ina — Denominal, forming collectives denoting something...

Ancestry of “Jugòslāvija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-CroatianJugoslàvēn—
2Serbo-Croatianjugsouth
3Serbo-Croatian-inaSuffix appended to words to create a feminine...
4Proto-Slavic-inaDenominal, forming collectives denoting something...

Words derived from “Jugòslāvija”

  • Jugoslaven
  • jugoslavenski
  • Yugoslavya
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