Where does “zvjezdozor” come from?

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

zvjezdozor (Serbo-Croatian): telescope

Definitions

  1. telescope

Ancestry of “zvjezdozor”, step by step

zvjezdozor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian zvijézda

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

via Serbo-Croatian zȏr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianzȏrlook, appearance
2Ottoman Turkishزورhard, difficult, exhausting; force, strength,...
3Persianزورlibation; force, strength, power, might;...
4Parthianzʿwr—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwoysdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źwaisdā́ˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic gvězda →