Where does “Kosovo” come from?

Kosovo (Vietnamese) comes from English Kosovo, from Serbo-Croatian Косово поље, from Serbo-Croatian косовa, from Serbo-Croatian кос, from Proto-Slavic kosъ, from Proto-Slavic kopsъ.

Ancestry of “Kosovo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishKosovoConsidered by the Republic of Serbia to be one of its two autonomous provinces
2Serbo-CroatianКосово пољеblackbirds’ field
3Serbo-Croatianкосовa
4Serbo-Croatianкосslant, inclined, skew; blackbird
5Proto-Slavickosъblackbird; skew, slanted
6Proto-Slavickopsъ
Every word from Proto-Slavic kopsъEvery word from Proto-Slavic kosъEvery word from Serbo-Croatian кос
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