Where does “кобајаги” come from?

кобајаги (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ка̏о, from Serbo-Croatian ка̏ко, from Proto-Slavic kako, from Proto-Slavic kakъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kōkos.

кобајаги (Serbo-Croatian): ostensibly, pretendedly

Definitions

  1. ostensibly, pretendedly

Ancestry of “кобајаги”, step by step

кобајаги traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian ка̏о

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianка̏оas, like
2Serbo-Croatianка̏коhow (in what way)
3Proto-Slavickakohow, in which way
4Proto-Slavickakъof what/which kind
5Proto-Balto-Slavic*kōkos—

via Serbo-Croatian баја̀ги

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianбаја̀гиostensibly, allegedly, seemingly
2Ottoman Turkishبیاغیcommon, coarse
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kōkos →Every word from Proto-Slavic kakъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic kako →