Where does “jugo-” come from?

jugo- (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian Jugòslāvija, from Serbo-Croatian Jugoslàvēn, from Serbo-Croatian jug, from Serbo-Croatian -ina, from Proto-Slavic -ina — Denominal, forming collectives denoting something...

jugo- (Serbo-Croatian): of or related to Yugoslavia

Definitions

  1. of or related to Yugoslavia

Ancestry of “jugo-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-CroatianJugòslāvija—
2Serbo-CroatianJugoslàvēn—
3Serbo-Croatianjugsouth
4Serbo-Croatian-inaSuffix appended to words to create a feminine...
5Proto-Slavic-inaDenominal, forming collectives denoting something...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ina →Every word from Serbo-Croatian -ina →Every word from Serbo-Croatian jug →