Terms that entered the language through the Ottoman Empire or the Habsburg Monarchy. Structural Innovation
Petar Skok (1881–1956) was a world-renowned Romanist and Onomastician. He spent decades researching the complex layers of the Croatian lexicon. His primary goal was to trace the "genealogy" of words, showing how the language evolved from its Proto-Slavic roots while absorbing influences from the Mediterranean and Central Europe. The "Layered" History of Croatian Hrvatski etimoloЕЎki rjeДЌnik
Even today, as newer dictionaries like the Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika (2016) are published, Skok’s work is the foundation upon which all modern Croatian linguistic history is built. Terms that entered the language through the Ottoman