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Where does “-ан” come from?

-ан (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic -ьnъ — -ish, -ic, -al, -ed; From adjectives.

-ан (Serbo-Croatian): Suffix appended to words to create a masculine...

Definitions

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine...

Ancestry of “-ан”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ьnъ-ish, -ic, -al, -ed; From adjectives

Words derived from “-ан”

  • апартан
  • грдан
  • двовидан
  • особан
  • кобан
  • прелазан
  • звјездан
  • глупан
  • звездан
  • пријелазан
  • живчан
  • котрљан
  • kotrljan
  • опрезан
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