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Where does “jagnje” come from?

jagnje (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic (j)agnę, from Proto-Indo-European h₂egʷnós, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

jagnje (Serbo-Croatian): lamb

Definitions

  1. lamb

Ancestry of “jagnje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic(j)agnę—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂egʷnóslamb
3Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “jagnje”

  • jagnjad
  • janjad
  • jȁgnjād
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →