Where does “гаћник” come from?

гаћник (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian га̏ће, from Proto-Slavic *gaťę — underwear.

гаћник (Serbo-Croatian): waist-string

Definitions

  1. waist-string

Ancestry of “гаћник”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianга̏ћеunderpants
2Proto-Slavic*gaťęunderwear
Every word from Proto-Slavic *gaťę →Every word from Serbo-Croatian га̏ће →