Where does “Касијан” come from?
Касијан (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Latin Cassianus, from Latin Cassius, from Latin cassus, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.
Ancestry of “Касијан”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | Cassianus | — |
| 2 | Latin | Cassius | — |
| 3 | Latin | cassus | hollow, empty, devoid of something; lacking;... |
| 4 | Latin | cadō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |