Where does “џезва” come from?
џезва (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish جزوه, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.
џезва (Serbo-Croatian): jezve
Ancestry of “џезва”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | جزوه | — |
| 2 | Persian | ـه | — |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | -akah | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | -kah | — |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | ka | if |