Where does “обичај” come from?
обичај (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic obyčajь, from Proto-Slavic -ějь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀjas.
обичај (Serbo-Croatian): habit, habitude; custom, usage; usance
Definitions
- habit, habitude; custom, usage; usance
Ancestry of “обичај”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | obyčajь | custom, tradition; habit, routine |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -ějь | Deverbal from stative verbs inflecting in *-ěti.... |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -ēˀjas | — |