Where does “kresta” come from?

kresta (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian cresta, from Latin crista, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

kresta (Serbo-Croatian): crest

Definitions

  1. crest

Ancestry of “kresta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancrestacrest; comb; ridge
2Latincristathe crest, the plume; the comb or tuft on the...
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “kresta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin crista →Every word from Italian cresta →