Where does “Karanović” come from?

Karanović (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Old Median karan-, from Old Javanese ka-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-, from Proto-Austronesian ka- — inchoative.

Ancestry of “Karanović”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Median	karan-	border, region, land
2	Old Javanese	ka-	passive verb-forming prefix
3	Proto-Malayo-Polynesian	ka-	marker of past time in temporal expressions
4	Proto-Austronesian	ka-	inchoative

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka- →Every word from Old Javanese ka- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka- →