Where does “južni” come from?
južni (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian jug, from Serbo-Croatian -ina, from Proto-Slavic -ina — Denominal, forming collectives denoting something...
južni (Serbo-Croatian): southern
Ancestry of “južni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | jug | south |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | -ina | Suffix appended to words to create a feminine... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ina | Denominal, forming collectives denoting something... |