Where does “detlić” come from?
detlić (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic dętelъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic delbtelas, from Proto-Indo-European dʰelbʰ-tel-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European dʰelbʰ- — to dig, excavate.
detlić (Serbo-Croatian): woodpecker
Ancestry of “detlić”, step by step