Where does “мулац” come from?

мулац (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian му̑ло, from Latin mūla, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

мулац (Serbo-Croatian): hoodlum, delinquent or rude kid; dimwit, dolt;...

Definitions

  1. hoodlum, delinquent or rude kid; dimwit, dolt;...

Ancestry of “мулац”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianму̑лоbastard person who was born out of wedlock
2Latinmūlafemale mule, she-mule
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Latin -aEvery word from Latin mūla
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