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
Ancestry of “pažnja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | pȁziti | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | paziti | to oversee, to look after; to guard |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |