Where does “štrapac” come from?
štrapac (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Strapaze, from Italian strapazzo, from Italian strapazzare, from Italian stra-, from Latin extrā, from Latin exter, from Proto-Italic *eksteros.
štrapac (Serbo-Croatian): strain, effort
Ancestry of “štrapac”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Strapaze | strain |
| 2 | Italian | strapazzo | strain; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Italian | strapazzare | to handle roughly; to rough up; to maltreat ,... |
| 4 | Italian | stra- | prefix used to indicate excessiveness,... |
| 5 | Latin | extrā | — |
| 6 | Latin | exter | On the outside, outward, external, outer; Of... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *eksteros | — |