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Where does “cvećar” come from?

cvećar (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian cvȇt, from Proto-Slavic květъ, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwoyt-o-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱweyt- — to shine.

cvećar (Serbo-Croatian): florist

Definitions

  1. florist

Ancestry of “cvećar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiancvȇt—
2Proto-Slavickvětъbright color, light; color, bloom, flower
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwoyt-o-white, light
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweyt-to shine
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