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Where does “pustinjak” come from?

pustinjak (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian pȗst, from Proto-Slavic pȗstъ — desolate; empty.

pustinjak (Serbo-Croatian): hermit

Definitions

  1. hermit

Ancestry of “pustinjak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpȗst—
2Proto-Slavicpȗstъdesolate; empty
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