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
Ancestry of “čistota”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | -ota | Suffix appended to words to create a feminine... |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -ota | Deadjectival, forming abstract nouns denoting the... |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -atā́ˀ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -otéh₂ | — |