Where does “strojnica” come from?

strojnica (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian stroj, from Czech stroj, from Old Czech stroj, from Proto-Slavic strojь — order, regime.

strojnica (Serbo-Croatian): machine gun

Definitions

  1. machine gun

Ancestry of “strojnica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianstrojmachine, engine; adjuster; array
2Czechstrojmachine
3Old Czechstrojmachine
4Proto-Slavicstrojьorder, regime
Every word from Proto-Slavic strojь →Every word from Old Czech stroj →Every word from Czech stroj →