Where does “обвезник” come from?
обвезник (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian обве́зати, from Serbo-Croatian об-, from Proto-Slavic ob, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.
обвезник (Serbo-Croatian): obliged person
Ancestry of “обвезник”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | обве́зати | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | об- | around, enclosing, surrounding; around,... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | ob | around, against |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ebʰi | — |