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Where does “разлог” come from?

разлог (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian разло̀жити, from Serbo-Croatian ло̀жити, from Proto-Slavic ložiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic lágīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European logʰ-éye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

разлог (Serbo-Croatian): reason, cause; argument, ground

Definitions

  1. reason, cause; argument, ground

Ancestry of “разлог”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianразло̀жити—
2Serbo-Croatianло̀жити—
3Proto-Slavicložitito lay
4Proto-Balto-Slaviclágīˀtei—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlogʰ-éye-ti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
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