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Where does “јежити” come from?

јежити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian је́за, from Proto-Slavic (j)ęza.

јежити (Serbo-Croatian): to cower, bristle

Definitions

  1. to cower, bristle

Ancestry of “јежити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianје́за—
2Proto-Slavic(j)ęza—

Words derived from “јежити”

  • најежити
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