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Where does “главница” come from?

главница (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -ница, from Serbo-Croatian -а, from Proto-Slavic -a, from Proto-Indo-European -ōd.

главница (Serbo-Croatian): principal; tax paid by unmarried men in Ottoman...

Definitions

  1. principal; tax paid by unmarried men in Ottoman...

Ancestry of “главница”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-ницаfemale equivalent of -ник
2Serbo-Croatian-аSuffix appended to words to create a feminine...
3Proto-Slavic-aid
4Proto-Indo-European-ōd—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōd →