Where does “zmija” come from?

zmija (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic zmьja, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.

zmija (Serbo-Croatian): snake

Definitions

  1. snake

Ancestry of “zmija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slaviczmьjasnake
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
3Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
4Proto-Indo-European-mi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm →