Where does “zvijézda” come from?

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

zvijézda (Serbo-Croatian): star

Definitions

  1. star

Ancestry of “zvijézda”, step by step

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

Words derived from “zvijézda”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwoysdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źwaisdā́ˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic gvězda →