glavolomka
Serbo-Croatian
/ɡlaʋǒlomka/
noun
Definitions
- a tough nut to crack, a stumper a difficult puzzle or problem
Etymology
Compound from Serbo-Croatian glava (head) + Serbo-Croatian lomiti (break).
Origin
Serbo-Croatian
lomiti
Gloss
break
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *golva Proto-Slavic
- *lomiti Proto-Slavic
- bezglav Serbo-Croatian
- glava Serbo-Croatian
- izlomiti Serbo-Croatian
- lomiti Serbo-Croatian
- naglavak Serbo-Croatian
- nalomiti Serbo-Croatian
- odlomiti Serbo-Croatian
- polomiti Serbo-Croatian
- prelomiti Serbo-Croatian
- prolomiti Serbo-Croatian
- punoglavac Serbo-Croatian
- razlomiti Serbo-Croatian
- slomiti Serbo-Croatian
- zaglaviti Serbo-Croatian
- zalomiti Serbo-Croatian