Where does “buža” come from?
buža (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian bugio, from Italian pertugio, from Latin pertūsiāre, from Latin pertūsus, from Latin pertundere, from Latin pertundo, from Latin tundo, from Proto-Italic tundō — to praise, laud.
buža (Serbo-Croatian): hole
Definitions
- hole
Ancestry of “buža”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | bugio | hollow |
| 2 | Italian | pertugio | hole, opening |
| 3 | Latin | pertūsiāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | pertūsus | perforated |
| 5 | Latin | pertundere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | pertundo | I bore through, perforate |
| 7 | Latin | tundo | I beat, strike, buffet; I pound, bruise, crush,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | tundō | beat, strike |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewd- | to push, to hit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stew- | to praise, laud |