Where does “pouzdan” come from?

pouzdan (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian po, from Serbo-Croatian pol, from Ancient Greek πόλος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

pouzdan (Serbo-Croatian): reliable, trustworthy, dependable of a person or machine

Definitions

  1. reliable, trustworthy, dependable of a person or machine

Ancestry of “pouzdan”, step by step

pouzdan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian po

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpohalf; for; over, through, across, in, on
2Serbo-Croatianpolpole; sex; gender
3Ancient Greekπόλοςpivot, hinge, axis, pole; axis of the celestial...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via Serbo-Croatian uzda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianuzdabridle, rein
2Proto-Slavicuzdabridle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →Every word from Ancient Greek πόλος →Every word from Serbo-Croatian pol →