Where does “устрајан” come from?
устрајан (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian у̀страјати, from Serbo-Croatian тра̏јати, from Proto-Slavic trajati, from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- — to cross over, pass through, overcome.
устрајан (Serbo-Croatian): persevering, persistent
Ancestry of “устрајан”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | у̀страјати | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | тра̏јати | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | trajati | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₂- | to cross over, pass through, overcome |