Where does “једва” come from?

једва (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic *edъva — barely, scarcely.

једва (Serbo-Croatian): barely, hardly, scarcely

Definitions

  1. barely, hardly, scarcely

Ancestry of “једва”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*edъvabarely, scarcely
Every word from Proto-Slavic *edъva
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