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Where does “-an” come from?

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

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “-an”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-an”

  • buran
  • prostran
  • macan
  • oprezan
  • glupan
  • grdan
  • zvezdan
  • dvovidan
  • sirotan
  • koban
  • apartan
  • zvjezdan
  • iznenadan
  • nenadan
  • živčan
  • prelazan
  • prijelazan
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьnъ →