Where does “zviždač” come from?

zviždač (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian zviždati, from Proto-Slavic gvizdati, from Proto-Indo-European sweysd- — to hiss.

zviždač (Serbo-Croatian): whistle-blower; whistler

Definitions

  1. whistle-blower; whistler

Ancestry of “zviždač”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianzviždatito whistle
2Proto-Slavicgvizdati—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansweysd-to hiss
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweysd- →Every word from Proto-Slavic gvizdati →Every word from Serbo-Croatian zviždati →