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Where does “pȋvo” come from?

pȋvo (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic pivo, from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- — to drink.

Ancestry of “pȋvo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpivodrink, beer, beverage
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₃-to drink

Words derived from “pȋvo”

  • pivski
  • pivarstvo
  • pivničarka
  • pivarski
  • piva
  • pivar
  • pivničar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- →