Where does “-a” come from?

-a (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic -a, from Proto-Indo-European -ōd.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “-a”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-aid
2Proto-Indo-European-ōd—

Words derived from “-a”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōd →Every word from Proto-Slavic -a →