Where does “sjever” come from?

sjever (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic sěverъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śḗˀweras, from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₁wer-o-.

sjever (Serbo-Croatian): north

Definitions

  1. north

Ancestry of “sjever”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicsěverъnorth
2Proto-Balto-Slavicśḗˀweras—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱeh₁wer-o-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₁wer-o- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic śḗˀweras →Every word from Proto-Slavic sěverъ →