Where does “-aj” come from?

-aj (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic -ějь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀjas.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “-aj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ějьDeverbal from stative verbs inflecting in *-ěti....
2Proto-Balto-Slavic-ēˀjas—

Words derived from “-aj”

Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀjas →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ějь →