Where does “radnica” come from?
radnica (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian rȃd, from English rad, from English radiation, from Latin radiatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
radnica (Serbo-Croatian): worker; employee
Definitions
- worker; employee
Ancestry of “radnica”, step by step
radnica traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian rȃd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | rȃd | willing |
| 2 | English | rad | Clipping of radical; excellent; A non-SI unit of... |
| 3 | English | radiation | The shooting forth of anything from a point or... |
| 4 | Latin | radiatio | glittering, shining, radiation |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Czech radnice
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | radnice | town hall, city hall |
| 2 | Czech | řada | row; series, succession; series |
| 3 | Old Czech | rada | advice; council |
| 4 | Middle High German | rāt | advice, a piece of advice, counsel |
| 5 | Old High German | rāt | advice, council; advise |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | rād | advice, counsel |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | rēdaz | advice, counsel |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hréh₁dʰos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |