Where does “jajnik” come from?
jajnik (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian jáje, from Proto-Slavic ȃje, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓjan, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ōwyóm, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis — bird.
jajnik (Serbo-Croatian): ovary
Ancestry of “jajnik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | jáje | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | ȃje | — |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *ṓjan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ōwyóm | egg |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éwis | bird |