Where does “záložna” come from?
záložna (Czech) comes from Czech založit, from Serbo-Croatian založiti, from Serbo-Croatian zȁlogāj, from Serbo-Croatian -aj, from Proto-Slavic -ějь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀjas.
záložna (Czech): savings bank
Definitions
- savings bank
Ancestry of “záložna”, step by step
záložna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Czech založit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | založit | to found; to create; to misplace |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | založiti | to pawn, impawn, impledge; to advocate, stand... |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | zȁlogāj | morsel, bite |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | -aj | Suffix appended to words to create a masculine... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -ějь | Deverbal from stative verbs inflecting in *-ěti.... |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -ēˀjas | — |