Where does “обы́чай” come from?
обы́чай (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic obyčajь, from Proto-Slavic -ějь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀjas.
обы́чай (Russian): custom
Ancestry of “обы́чай”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | obyčajь | custom, tradition; habit, routine |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -ějь | Deverbal from stative verbs inflecting in *-ěti.... |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -ēˀjas | — |
Words derived from “обы́чай”