Where does “ваш” come from?

ваш (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic vъšь, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.

ваш (Serbo-Croatian): your, yours; louse

Definitions

  1. your, yours; louse

Ancestry of “ваш”, step by step

ваш traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic vъšь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvъšьlouse
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse

via Proto-Slavic vašь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvašьyour
2Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewH- →Every word from Proto-Slavic vъšь →