Where does “jezikoznalac” come from?

jezikoznalac (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian jezik, from Proto-Slavic ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic inźūˀ-kas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀs, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dinźūˀs, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

jezikoznalac (Serbo-Croatian): philologist

Definitions

  1. philologist

Ancestry of “jezikoznalac”, step by step

jezikoznalac traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian jezik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianjeziktongue; language
2Proto-Slavicęzykъtongue; language
3Proto-Balto-Slavicinźūˀ-kas—
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*inźūˀstongue
5Proto-Balto-Slavic*dinźūˀs—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue

via Serbo-Croatian znȁti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianznȁtito know
2Proto-Slavicznatito know
3Proto-Balto-Slavicźnōˀteito know
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵnéh₃tto know; to get to know, to meet
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dinźūˀs →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀs →