Where does “предоџба” come from?
предоџба (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian предо̀чити, from Serbo-Croatian пред, from Proto-Slavic perdъ, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
предоџба (Serbo-Croatian): conception, idea, notion
Ancestry of “предоџба”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | предо̀чити | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | пред | in front of, to the front of; just before,... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | perdъ | before, in front of; before |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |