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Where does “túga” come from?

túga (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic tǫga — sadness, melancholy.

Ancestry of “túga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictǫgasadness, melancholy

Words derived from “túga”

  • tugaljivo
  • tugaljivost
  • tužiteljstvo
  • tugaljiv
  • tužno
  • tugovati
  • tužaljka
Every word from Proto-Slavic tǫga →