Where does “бачвар” come from?
бачвар (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ба̏чва, from Proto-Slavic bъči, from Proto-Germanic *buttjā, from Latin buttia, from Ancient Greek βούττιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
бачвар (Serbo-Croatian): cooper
Ancestry of “бачвар”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | ба̏чва | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | bъči | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *buttjā | — |
| 4 | Latin | buttia | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βούττιον | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ῐον | diminutive suffix; "suffix forming... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |