English
Susedgrad
Susedgrad comes from Serbo-Croatian Susedgrad.
- Serbo-CroatianmodernSusedgrad
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Serbo-CroatianmodernSusedgrad
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of sused ‘neighbour’ + grad ‘town, fort’
Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀstei ‘to sit down’
Proto-Slavic *sěsti ‘to sit down’
Proto-Slavic *sǫsědъ ‘neighbour’
Serbo-Croatian sused ‘neighbour’
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 Susedgrad
Today it means
name A medieval fortified town in Croatia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Serbo-Croatian Susedgrad / Susedgrad