Where does “Josipa” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Josipa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-aSuffix appended to words to create a feminine...
2Proto-Slavic-aid
3Proto-Indo-European-ōd—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōd →Every word from Proto-Slavic -a →Every word from Serbo-Croatian -a →