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Where does “zvjezdonauk” come from?

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

zvjezdonauk (Serbo-Croatian): astronomy

Definitions

  1. astronomy

Ancestry of “zvjezdonauk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianzvijézdastar
2Proto-Slavicgvězdastar
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*źwaisdā́ˀ—
4Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰwoysdʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwoysdʰ- →