Where does “коза” come from?

коза (Bulgarian) comes from Old Church Slavonic коза, from Proto-Slavic koža, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.

коза (Bulgarian): female goat, she-goat; horse

Definitions

  1. female goat, she-goat; horse

Ancestry of “коза”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicкозаshe-goat
2Proto-Slavickožaskin; leather
3Proto-Slavic-jaSuffix creating feminine action nouns, usually...
4Proto-Indo-European-yeh₂—

Words derived from “коза”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ja →Every word from Proto-Slavic koža →
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