Where does “gniv” come from?

gniv (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic gněvъ, from Proto-Slavic -vъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-was, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

gniv (Serbo-Croatian): wrath, anger, fury

Definitions

  1. wrath, anger, fury

Ancestry of “gniv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgněvъanger, wrath
2Proto-Slavic-vъFrom thematic declension of u-stem...
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*-was—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Proto-Slavic -vъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic gněvъ →