Where does “колајна” come from?
колајна (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian collana, from Italian collo, from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
колајна (Serbo-Croatian): medal; necklace
Ancestry of “колајна”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | collana | necklace; collection, series |
| 2 | Italian | collo | neck; collar; parcel, package; luggage |
| 3 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 4 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 5 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |