Where does “wósoba” come from?

wósoba (Lower Sorbian) comes from Upper Sorbian wosoba, from Proto-Slavic osoba, from Proto-Balto-Slavic asabāˀ.

wósoba (Lower Sorbian): person

Definitions

  1. person

Ancestry of “wósoba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Upper Sorbianwosoba—
2Proto-Slavicosobaperson
3Proto-Balto-Slavicasabāˀ—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic asabāˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic osoba →Every word from Upper Sorbian wosoba →