Where does “strašilo” come from?

strašilo (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Czech strašidlo, from Czech -dlo, from Old Czech -dlo.

strašilo (Serbo-Croatian): scarecrow

Definitions

  1. scarecrow

Ancestry of “strašilo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechstrašidlospecter, ghost, spook, bogeyman
2Czech-dloa suffix used to form instrument nouns
3Old Czech-dlo—
Every word from Old Czech -dlo →Every word from Czech -dlo →Every word from Czech strašidlo →