Where does “tužaljka” come from?
tužaljka (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian túga, from Proto-Slavic tǫga — sadness, melancholy.
tužaljka (Serbo-Croatian): lament
Ancestry of “tužaljka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | túga | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | tǫga | sadness, melancholy |