Where does “održiv” come from?

održiv (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian održati, from Serbo-Croatian o, from Proto-Slavic o(b), from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.

održiv (Serbo-Croatian): sustainable, viable (of abstract concepts)

Definitions

  1. sustainable, viable (of abstract concepts)

Ancestry of “održiv”, step by step

održiv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian održati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianodržatito preserve, maintain; to keep, honour, fulfill;...
2Serbo-Croatianoon, against; about, concerning, of, on
3Proto-Slavico(b)around, about; concerning; against, on
4Proto-Balto-Slavicab
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ebʰi

via Proto-Dravidian iv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidianiv
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰiEvery word from Proto-Balto-Slavic abEvery word from Proto-Slavic o(b)