Where does “кисмет” come from?
кисмет (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قسمت, from Arabic قِسْمَة, from Arabic قَسَمَ, from Arabic س, from Arabic سَوْفَ — {{qualifier|future tense marker}}.
кисмет (Serbo-Croatian): kismet; fate
Ancestry of “кисмет”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قسمت | fate, destiny |
| 2 | Arabic | قِسْمَة | portion, fate; division, lot, destiny; destiny |
| 3 | Arabic | قَسَمَ | to divide, to foreordain |
| 4 | Arabic | س | will |
| 5 | Arabic | سَوْفَ | {{qualifier|future tense marker}} |