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Where does “sidro” come from?

sidro (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Greek σίδερο, from Byzantine Greek σίδερον, from Ancient Greek σίδηρος — iron; iron tool; sword.

Ancestry of “sidro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekσίδεροiron; iron, smoothing iron, flat iron
2Byzantine Greekσίδερον—
3Ancient Greekσίδηροςiron; iron tool; sword

Words derived from “sidro”

  • sidrište
Every word from Ancient Greek σίδηρος →