Where does “slabokrvnost” come from?
slabokrvnost (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian slȁbokr̄van, from Serbo-Croatian kȓv, from Slavic *kry, from Proto-Balto-Slavic krū́ˀs, from Proto-Indo-European kréwh₂s, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.
slabokrvnost (Serbo-Croatian): anemia
Ancestry of “slabokrvnost”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | slȁbokr̄van | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | kȓv | — |
| 3 | Slavic | *kry | — |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | krū́ˀs | blood |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kréwh₂s | blood |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | krewh₂- | blood outside the body |