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Where does “tranzit” come from?

tranzit (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Transit, from Italian transito, from Latin trānsitus, from Latin trānseō, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn — smoke; mist, haze.

Ancestry of “tranzit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTransittransit
2Italiantransitotransit; first-person singular present indicative...
3Latintrānsitus—
4Latintrānseō—
5Latintrāns—
6LatinPadus—
7LeponticBodincus—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “tranzit”

  • tranzitni
  • tranzitivnost
  • tranzitoran
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →