Where does “vranac” come from?

vranac (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian vran, from Proto-Slavic vornъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic warnás — raven.

vranac (Serbo-Croatian): black horse

Definitions

  1. black horse

Ancestry of “vranac”, step by step

vranac traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian vran

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianvranblack, raven
2Proto-Slavicvornъraven
3Proto-Balto-Slavicwarnásraven

via Proto-Slavic *vornьcь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*vornьcь—

Words derived from “vranac”

Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic warnás →Every word from Proto-Slavic vornъ →Every word from Serbo-Croatian vran →
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