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Where does “заложити” come from?

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

Ancestry of “заложити”, step by step

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

Words derived from “заложити”

  • залагати
  • залог
  • презалогајити
  • залогај
  • залагаоница
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀjas →