Where does “праотац” come from?
праотац (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian отац, from Proto-Slavic otь̃cь, from Proto-Indo-European átta — father.
праотац (Serbo-Croatian): forefather, progenitor
Ancestry of “праотац”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | отац | father |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | otь̃cь | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | átta | father |