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Where does “овај” come from?

овај (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

овај (Serbo-Croatian): this, this one; this one; small in amount or...

Definitions

  1. this, this one; this one; small in amount or...

Ancestry of “овај”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicjьthis; he
2Proto-Balto-Slaviciś—
3Old Polishićto go
4Proto-Slavicjьtito go
5Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
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