Where does “sèlo” come from?

sèlo (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic sědlo, from Proto-Slavic sěd-, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.

sèlo (Serbo-Croatian): village

Definitions

  1. village

Ancestry of “sèlo”, step by step

sèlo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic sědlo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicsědloseat
2Proto-Slavicsěd-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

via Proto-Slavic selo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicselovillage
2Proto-Indo-Europeansēl-to calm, quiet, be favourable

Words derived from “sèlo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →Every word from Proto-Slavic sěd- →Every word from Proto-Slavic sědlo →
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