Where does “parostroj” come from?

parostroj (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Czech parostroj, from Czech stroj, from Old Czech stroj, from Proto-Slavic strojь — order, regime.

parostroj (Serbo-Croatian): steam engine

Definitions

  1. steam engine

Ancestry of “parostroj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechparostrojsteam engine
2Czechstrojmachine
3Old Czechstrojmachine
4Proto-Slavicstrojьorder, regime
Every word from Proto-Slavic strojь →Every word from Old Czech stroj →Every word from Czech stroj →