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Where does “zvijezda” come from?

zvijezda (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic gvězda, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źwaisdā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwoysdʰ-.

zvijezda (Serbo-Croatian): star

Definitions

  1. star

Ancestry of “zvijezda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgvězdastar
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*źwaisdā́ˀ—
3Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰwoysdʰ-—

Words derived from “zvijezda”

  • zvjezdoslovlje
  • zvjezdan
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwoysdʰ- →