Where does “java” come from?

java (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian jȃv, from Proto-Slavic (j)av(a).

java (Serbo-Croatian): reality; the state opposite of the sleeping or...

Definitions

  1. reality; the state opposite of the sleeping or...

Ancestry of “java”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianjȃvannouncement, notice
2Proto-Slavic(j)av(a)
Every word from Proto-Slavic (j)av(a)Every word from Serbo-Croatian jȃv