Where does “pažnja” come from?

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

pažnja (Serbo-Croatian): attention

Definitions

  1. attention

Ancestry of “pažnja”, step by step

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