Where does “čistota” come from?

čistota (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -ota, from Proto-Slavic -ota, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -atā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂.

čistota (Serbo-Croatian): purity; cleanliness

Definitions

  1. purity; cleanliness

Ancestry of “čistota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-otaSuffix appended to words to create a feminine...
2Proto-Slavic-otaDeadjectival, forming abstract nouns denoting the...
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-atā́ˀ—
4Proto-Indo-European-otéh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ota →Every word from Serbo-Croatian -ota →