Where does “Sırpça” come from?

Sırpça (Turkish) comes from Turkish Sırp, from Ottoman Turkish صرپ, from Proto-Slavic sьrbъ, from Proto-Indo-European sēr-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

Sırpça (Turkish): Serbian (language)

Definitions

  1. Serbian (language)

Ancestry of “Sırpça”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishSırpSerbian
2Ottoman TurkishصرپSerb, Serbian, a person from Serbia or of Serbian descent
3Proto-Slavicsьrbъally
4Proto-Indo-Europeansēr-to flow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sēr- →Every word from Proto-Slavic sьrbъ →