Where does “crvenperka” come from?
crvenperka (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian cr̀ven, from Serbo-Croatian cȓv, from Proto-Slavic čьrvь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kírmis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis — worm.
crvenperka (Serbo-Croatian): rudd
Ancestry of “crvenperka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | cr̀ven | red |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | cȓv | worm |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | čьrvь | worm, larva |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | kírmis | worm |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷŕ̥mis | worm |