Where does “znanost” come from?
znanost (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian znȃn, from Serbo-Croatian znȁti, from Proto-Slavic znati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic źnōˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European ǵnéh₃t, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
znanost (Serbo-Croatian): science
Ancestry of “znanost”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | znȃn | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | znȁti | to know |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | znati | to know |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | źnōˀtei | to know |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵnéh₃t | to know; to get to know, to meet |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |