Where does “Popović” come from?

Popović (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian pop, from Old Church Slavonic попъ, from Ancient Greek παπᾶς, from Old Norse súla, from Proto-Germanic sūliz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew- — to scrape, shave, sharpen.

Ancestry of “Popović”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpoppriest
2Old Church Slavonicпопъpriest
3Ancient Greekπαπᾶςpriest
4Old Norsesúlapillar, column
5Proto-Germanicsūlizbeam, post; column, pillar
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsewl-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsew-to scrape, shave, sharpen

Words derived from “Popović”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sūliz →