Where does “spavalica” come from?

spavalica (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian spávati — to sleep.

spavalica (Serbo-Croatian): sleepyhead

Definitions

  1. sleepyhead

Ancestry of “spavalica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianspávatito sleep
Every word from Serbo-Croatian spávati
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