Where does “оаза” come from?

оаза (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Polish oaza, from German Oase, from Ancient Greek ὄασις — any one of the cities in the Libyan Desert.

оаза (Serbo-Croatian): oasis

Definitions

  1. oasis

Ancestry of “оаза”, step by step

оаза traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish oaza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishoazaoasis
2GermanOaseoasis
3Ancient Greekὄασιςany one of the cities in the Libyan Desert

via Latin oasis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinoasisThe Great Oasis of Thebes, a string of oases in the Libyan Desert where the Roman Empire would send its criminals, the location of the modern Dakhla Oasis and Kharga Oasis

Words derived from “оаза”

Every word from Ancient Greek ὄασις →Every word from German Oase →Every word from Polish oaza →