Where does “baklja” come from?

baklja (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Old High German vackel, from Latin facula, from Latin fax, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʷʰeh₂k- — to shine.

baklja (Serbo-Croatian): torch

Definitions

  1. torch

Ancestry of “baklja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanvackel—
2Latinfaculasmall torch
3Latinfaxtorch, firebrand; fireball, comet; cause of ruin,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʷʰeh₂k-to shine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʷʰeh₂k- →Every word from Latin fax →Every word from Latin facula →