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Where does “livadni” come from?

livadni (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian lìvada, from Greek λιβάδι, from Ancient Greek λιβάδιον, from Ancient Greek λιβάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön — sound, voice.

livadni (Serbo-Croatian): meadow

Definitions

  1. meadow

Ancestry of “livadni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianlìvada—
2Greekλιβάδιmeadow, pasture, lea
3Ancient Greekλιβάδιον—
4Ancient Greekλιβάς—
5Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
6Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
7Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
8Hungarianönyou
9Hungarianön-self-
10Turkishönfront
11Ottoman Turkishاوك—
12Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
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