Where does “čas” come from?

čas (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic časъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic keʔs-, from Proto-Indo-European k(ʷ)eh₁s-.

čas (Serbo-Croatian): moment; hour; lesson, period

Definitions

  1. moment; hour; lesson, period

Ancestry of “čas”, 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 →
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