Where does “борац” come from?
борац (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian борити, from Proto-Slavic boriti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
борац (Serbo-Croatian): fighter
Definitions
- fighter
Ancestry of “борац”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | борити | to fight, struggle; to compete |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | boriti | to battle, to wrestle |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |