Where does “boginja” come from?
boginja (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic bogyni, from Proto-Slavic -yni, from Proto-Slavic -ni — one.
boginja (Serbo-Croatian): goddess
Ancestry of “boginja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | bogyni | goddess |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -yni | Denominal, forming feminine noun forms.... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ni | one |