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Where does “strijela” come from?

strijela (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic strěla, from Proto-Indo-European strēl-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

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Ancestry of “strijela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicstrělaarrow
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstrēl-arrow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “strijela”

  • strelica
  • strjelica
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