čedo

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čędo.

Pronunciation

Noun

čȅdo n (Cyrillic spelling че̏до)

  1. child (one’s son or daughter)
Declension

Further reading

  • čedo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Etymology 2

From četnik (English: chetnik; Serbian royalist troop), in turn from četa (military unit). Reinforced by a Čedo, a common nickname for Čedomir, a stereotypically Serbian first name.

Pronunciation

Noun

čédo m (Cyrillic spelling че́до)

  1. (derogatory, Croatia) a chetnik
  2. (by expansion, derogatory, Croatia) an ethnic Serb (especially from rural mountainous Croatia)
  3. (by expansion, politics, Croatia) Serbian ultranationalist
Declension

Further reading

  • čedo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024