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Where does “cijev” come from?

cijev (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic cěvь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic koi-u-i-, from Proto-Indo-European koy-w-.

Ancestry of “cijev”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slaviccěvьtube, spool
2Proto-Balto-Slavickoi-u-i-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankoy-w-—

Words derived from “cijev”

  • cjevčica
  • cijevni
  • cijevka
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