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Where does “haubički” come from?

haubički (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian hàubica, from German Haubitze, from Middle High German haufniz, from Czech houfnice, from Czech houf, from Old Czech [[húf]], [[hauf]], from Middle High German hūfe, from Proto-West Germanic hūbā.

haubički (Serbo-Croatian): howitzer

Definitions

  1. howitzer

Ancestry of “haubički”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianhàubica—
2GermanHaubitzehowitzer
3Middle High Germanhaufniz—
4Czechhoufnicehowitzer
5Czechhoufflock, crowd
6Old Czech[[húf]], [[hauf]]—
7Middle High Germanhūfe—
8Proto-West Germanichūbāhood, cowl
9Proto-Germanichūbǭa covering for the head; hood; cowl
10Proto-Indo-Europeankēwp-—
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