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Where does “blazina” come from?

blazina (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic bolzina, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

blazina (Serbo-Croatian): pillow; cushion

Definitions

  1. pillow; cushion

Ancestry of “blazina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicbolzinabeam
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵʰ-to swell
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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