Where does “жалоба” come from?

жалоба (Belarusian) comes from Old East Slavic жалоба, from Czech žaloba, from Czech -oba, from Old Czech -oba, from Proto-Slavic -oba — Deadjectival, forming abstract nouns; -ness.

жалоба (Belarusian): mourning

Definitions

  1. mourning

Ancestry of “жалоба”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicжалобаgrief, regret
2Czechžalobacomplaint, lawsuit, accusation, action,...
3Czech-obaAppended to adjectives to form nouns meaning “the...
4Old Czech-oba
5Proto-Slavic-obaDeadjectival, forming abstract nouns; -ness
Every word from Proto-Slavic -obaEvery word from Czech -obaEvery word from Czech žaloba
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