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Where does “бадањ” come from?

бадањ (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic bъdьňa, from Proto-Germanic budin-, from Medieval Latin butina, from Vulgar Latin *budina, from Latin butina, from Ancient Greek πῡτῑ́νη — flask.

Ancestry of “бадањ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicbъdьňatub, cask
2Proto-Germanicbudin-—
3Medieval Latinbutinaa bound, limit; bottle; limit, boundary
4Vulgar Latin*budina—
5Latinbutinaa bound, limit; bottle; limit, boundary
6Ancient Greekπῡτῑ́νηflask

Words derived from “бадањ”

  • бадњак
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