Where does “hnězdo” come from?
hnězdo (Upper Sorbian) comes from Serbo-Croatian gnezdo, from Proto-Slavic gnězdo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nísdan, from Proto-Indo-European nisdós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ni, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
hnězdo (Upper Sorbian): nest
Ancestry of “hnězdo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | gnezdo | nest |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | gnězdo | nest |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *nísdan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | nisdós | nest |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ni | down |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |