Where does “езерце” come from?

езерце (Macedonian) comes from Macedonian езеро, from Proto-Slavic ȅzero, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *éźeran — lake.

Ancestry of “езерце”, step by step

езерце traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Macedonian езеро

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Macedonianезероlake
2Proto-Slavicȅzerolake
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*éźeranlake

via Serbo-Croatian це

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianце—
2Proto-Nakh*ča—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *éźeran →Every word from Proto-Slavic ȅzero →Every word from Macedonian езеро →