Where does “jur” come from?
jur (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic (j)uže, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe.
Ancestry of “jur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | (j)uže | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | — |