Where does “dagnja” come from?

dagnja (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic dьgna, from Proto-Slavic -a, from Proto-Indo-European -ōd.

dagnja (Serbo-Croatian): mussel; oyster

Definitions

  1. mussel; oyster

Ancestry of “dagnja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdьgnascar; ditch; mussel
2Proto-Slavic-aid
3Proto-Indo-European-ōd—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōd →Every word from Proto-Slavic -a →Every word from Proto-Slavic dьgna →