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Where does “час” come from?

час (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic časъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic keʔs-, from Proto-Indo-European k(ʷ)eh₁s-.

Ancestry of “час”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicčasъtime
2Proto-Balto-Slavickeʔs-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeank(ʷ)eh₁s-—

Words derived from “час”

  • часослов
  • часом
  • часком
  • часовит
  • часовник
Every word from Proto-Indo-European k(ʷ)eh₁s- →