English
Jelengrad
Jelengrad comes from Serbo-Croatian Jelengrad.
- Serbo-CroatianmodernJelengrad
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Serbo-CroatianmodernJelengrad
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of jelen ‘deer’ + grad ‘town, fort’
Proto-Slavic *(j)elenь
Serbo-Croatian jelen ‘deer’
Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos ‘to enclose, to encircle’
Proto-Balto-Slavic *gárdas ‘enclosure’
Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ ‘fortification, castle’
Serbo-Croatian grad ‘town, fort’
Every English word from Serbo-Croatian Jelengrad
Today it means
name A medieval fortified town in Croatia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Serbo-Croatian Jelengrad / Jelengrad