Where does “ban” come from?

ban (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic banъ, from Proto-Slavic bojan-.

ban (Serbo-Croatian): ban (title)

Definitions

  1. ban (title)

Ancestry of “ban”, step by step

ban traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic banъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicbanъmaster, ruler, lord, ban
2Proto-Slavicbojan-—

via Proto-Tai ɓɯnᴬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Taiɓɯnᴬsky; heaven

Words derived from “ban”

Every word from Proto-Slavic bojan- →