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Where does “pljeva” come from?

pljeva (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic pelva, from Proto-Indo-European pelH- — pale, gray.

pljeva (Serbo-Croatian): chaff

Definitions

  1. chaff

Ancestry of “pljeva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpelvachaff
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanpelH-pale, gray
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