Where does “ustaș” come from?

ustaș (Romanian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ustaša, from Serbo-Croatian ustati, from Proto-Slavic ustati.

ustaș (Romanian): member of the Ustashe fascist movement

Definitions

  1. member of the Ustashe fascist movement

Ancestry of “ustaș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianustašarebel, renegade
2Serbo-Croatianustatito stand up, rise, get up; to rise up a...
3Proto-Slavicustati—
Every word from Proto-Slavic ustati →Every word from Serbo-Croatian ustati →Every word from Serbo-Croatian ustaša →