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Where does “brižno” come from?

brižno (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian brȉga, from Italian briga, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

brižno (Serbo-Croatian): carefully

Definitions

  1. carefully

Ancestry of “brižno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianbrȉga—
2Italianbrigatrouble, bother; third-person singular present...
3Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer
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