Where does “inozemstvo” come from?

inozemstvo (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian zèmlja, from German Semmel, from Middle High German semele, from Old High German semala, from Latin simila, from Aramaic סְמִידָא, from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯.

inozemstvo (Serbo-Croatian): foreign countries; places abroad

Definitions

  1. foreign countries; places abroad

Ancestry of “inozemstvo”, step by step

inozemstvo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian zèmlja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-CroatianzèmljaEarth
2GermanSemmelbread roll
3Middle High Germansemelefine flour
4Old High Germansemala—
5Latinsimilawheat flour; second-person singular present...
6Aramaicסְמִידָא—
7Akkadian𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯—

via Serbo-Croatian in

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianinother
2Proto-Slavicjьnъother, another; different
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*iˀnas—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯 →Every word from Aramaic סְמִידָא →Every word from Latin simila →