Where does “Оџачанин” come from?
Оџачанин (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian О̀џак, from Turkish ocak, from Ottoman Turkish اوجاق, from Proto-Turkic *ōtčak.
Ancestry of “Оџачанин”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | О̀џак | — |
| 2 | Turkish | ocak | stove, oven, fireplace; chimney; January |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | اوجاق | stove, oven, kiln, furnace; fireplace; chimney |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *ōtčak | — |