herzegovinian

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What does herzegovinian mean?

A person from Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Where does herzegovinian come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ker-der. Proto-Indo-European *kóryos Proto-Germanic *harjaz Proto-West Germanic *hari Proto-Indo-European *dewk-? Proto-West Germanic *togō ▲ Ancient Greek στρατηγός (stratēgós)calq. Proto-West Germanic *harjatogō Old High German herizogo Middle High German herzog German Herzogbor. ▲ Middle High German herzogbor. Hungarian hercegbor. Serbo-Croatian herceg Proto-Indo-European *-usder. Proto-Indo-European *-osder. Proto-Slavic *-ovъ Serbo-Croatian -ov Proto-Indo-European *-iHneh Proto-Balto-Slavic *-īˀnāˀder. Proto-Slavic *-ina Serbo-Croatian -ina Serbo-Croatian Hercegovinabor. English Herzegovina Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Herzegovinian From Herzegovina + -ian.

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