Where does “guž” come from?

guž (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic ǫžь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ángis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis — snake.

guž (Serbo-Croatian): non-venmous snake; Colubridae

Definitions

  1. non-venmous snake; Colubridae

Ancestry of “guž”, step by step

guž traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic ǫžь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicǫžьsnake
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*ángissnake
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éngʷʰissnake

via Proto-Slavic gǫzъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgǫzъass, buttock, bump

Words derived from “guž”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ángis →Every word from Proto-Slavic ǫžь →