Where does “-ота” come from?

-ота (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic -ota, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -atā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂.

-ота (Serbo-Croatian): Suffix appended to words to create a feminine...

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “-ота”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-otaDeadjectival, forming abstract nouns denoting the...
2Proto-Balto-Slavic-atā́ˀ—
3Proto-Indo-European-otéh₂—

Words derived from “-ота”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ota →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -atā́ˀ →