Where does “blagdan” come from?

blagdan (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian blȃg, from Proto-Slavic bolgъ — good; nice.

blagdan (Serbo-Croatian): feast day (a religious observance or a saint's day)

Definitions

  1. feast day (a religious observance or a saint's day)

Ancestry of “blagdan”, step by step

blagdan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian blȃg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianblȃgmild, gentle, soft, slight
2Proto-Slavicbolgъgood; nice

via Serbo-Croatian dȃn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiandȃnday
2Proto-Slavicdь̑nьday
Every word from Proto-Slavic bolgъ →Every word from Serbo-Croatian blȃg →