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Where does “magličast” come from?

magličast (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian maglica, from Serbo-Croatian màgla, from Old Church Slavonic мьгла, from Proto-Slavic mьgla̍, from Proto-Balto-Slavic miglā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European h₃mígʰleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European h₃meygʰ- — fog, mist, cloud; to drizzle.

magličast (Serbo-Croatian): hazy, foggy

Definitions

  1. hazy, foggy

Ancestry of “magličast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianmaglicafog, mist; nebula
2Serbo-Croatianmàgla—
3Old Church Slavonicмьглаfog
4Proto-Slavicmьgla̍—
5Proto-Balto-Slavicmiglā́ˀ—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃mígʰleh₂mist, cloud
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃meygʰ-fog, mist, cloud; to drizzle
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