Where does “djetlić” come from?
djetlić (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian djetao, 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.
djetlić (Serbo-Croatian): woodpecker
Ancestry of “djetlić”, step by step