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Where does “залогај” come from?

залогај (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian зало̀жити, from Serbo-Croatian založiti, from Serbo-Croatian zȁlogāj, from Serbo-Croatian -aj, from Proto-Slavic -ějь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀjas.

Ancestry of “залогај”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianзало̀жити—
2Serbo-Croatianzaložitito pawn, impawn, impledge; to advocate, stand...
3Serbo-Croatianzȁlogāj—
4Serbo-Croatian-ajSuffix appended to words to create a masculine...
5Proto-Slavic-ějьDeverbal from stative verbs inflecting in *-ěti....
6Proto-Balto-Slavic-ēˀjas—

Words derived from “залогај”

  • залогајница
  • заложити
  • презалогајити
  • залогај
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