Where does “Ilija” come from?
Ilija (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Old Church Slavonic Илїа, from Ancient Greek Ἠλίας, from Hebrew אֵלִיָּה — {{l|en|Jah}} is my God.
Ancestry of “Ilija”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | Илїа | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ἠλίας | — |
| 3 | Hebrew | אֵלִיָּה | {{l|en|Jah}} is my God |