Where does “јаз” come from?

јаз (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic ězъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ēź-, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

јаз (Serbo-Croatian): abyss; gap

Definitions

  1. abyss; gap

Ancestry of “јаз”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicězъweir
2Proto-Balto-Slavicēź-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ēź- →Every word from Proto-Slavic ězъ →