Where does “kriminalitet” come from?
kriminalitet (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian krȋmen, from Latin crīmen, from Proto-Italic kreimen, from Proto-Indo-European kréymn̥, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.
kriminalitet (Serbo-Croatian): criminality, delinquency, crime
Definitions
- criminality, delinquency, crime
Ancestry of “kriminalitet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | krȋmen | — |
| 2 | Latin | crīmen | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kreimen | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kréymn̥ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |