Where does “час” come from?

час (Macedonian) comes from Proto-Slavic časъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic keʔs-, from Proto-Indo-European k(ʷ)eh₁s-.

час (Macedonian): hour; time

Definitions

  1. hour; time

Ancestry of “час”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicčasъtime
2Proto-Balto-Slavickeʔs-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeank(ʷ)eh₁s-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European k(ʷ)eh₁s- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic keʔs- →Every word from Proto-Slavic časъ →