Where does “zászlóalj” come from?
zászlóalj (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian zászló, from Serbo-Croatian zastava, from Serbo-Croatian za, from Proto-Slavic za — behind, after; in , during; for, in exchange for,...
zászlóalj (Hungarian): battalion
Ancestry of “zászlóalj”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | zászló | flag |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | zastava | flag |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | za | for; behind, in back of, at; during |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | za | behind, after; in , during; for, in exchange for,... |