Where does “fusnota” come from?
fusnota (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Fußnote, from German fuß, from Middle High German vuoȥ, from Old High German fuoȥ, from Proto-West Germanic fōt, from Proto-Germanic fōts, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
fusnota (Serbo-Croatian): footnote
Ancestry of “fusnota”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Fußnote | footnote |
| 2 | German | fuß | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | vuoȥ | — |
| 4 | Old High German | fuoȥ | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | fōt | foot |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fōts | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |