slivovitz

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sliwo-
2. Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromšljȉvovica
3. English todayslivovitz

From Serbo-Croatian šljȉvovica, шљи̏вовица (“slivovitz”), from šljȉva, шљи̏ва (“plum”) + -ica, -ица (suffix forming a feminine noun, often a diminutive). Šljȉva may be derived from Proto-Indo-European *sliwo-, the suffixed form of *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”), describing the colour of the fruit.

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