Where does “odškrinuti” come from?
odškrinuti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian škrinja, from Proto-Slavic *skrini, from Old High German skrīni, from Latin scrinium, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
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Ancestry of “odškrinuti”, step by step
odškrinuti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian škrinja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | škrinja | chest, box; freezer, cooler, icebox |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | *skrini | chest |
| 3 | Old High German | skrīni | — |
| 4 | Latin | scrinium | case or chest for books or papers; portfolio,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |
via Serbo-Croatian od
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | od | from, since; of; than |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | otъ | from, away from; originating from, starting from... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | éti | beyond; over |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁é | and, then |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |