Where does “guz” come from?
guz (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic ǫžь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ángis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis — snake.
guz (Serbo-Croatian): non-venmous snake; Colubridae
Definitions
- non-venmous snake; Colubridae
Ancestry of “guz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | ǫžь | snake |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *ángis | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éngʷʰis | snake |