Where does “za-” come from?

za- (Old Slovak) comes from Proto-Slavic za- — for.

za- (Old Slovak): verbal prefix denoting movement backwards, behind something, or to the other side

Definitions

  1. verbal prefix denoting movement backwards, behind something, or to the other side

Ancestry of “za-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicza-for

Words derived from “za-

Every word from Proto-Slavic za-
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