Where does “pažljiv” come from?

pažljiv (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian pȁziti, from Proto-Slavic paziti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

pažljiv (Serbo-Croatian): attentive, cautious, careful

Definitions

  1. attentive, cautious, careful

Ancestry of “pažljiv”, step by step

pažljiv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian pȁziti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpȁzitito beware, watch out, be careful
2Proto-Slavicpazitito oversee, to look after; to guard
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

via Proto-Dravidian iv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidianiv

Words derived from “pažljiv

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ-Every word from Proto-Slavic pazitiEvery word from Serbo-Croatian pȁziti