Where does “izum” come from?
izum (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian izumjeti, from Serbo-Croatian iz, from Proto-Slavic jьz, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iź, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵʰs — out.
izum (Serbo-Croatian): invention, discovery
Ancestry of “izum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | izumjeti | to invent |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | iz | from, out of; for, because of, out of; with,... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | jьz | from, out of |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | iź | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eǵʰs | out |