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

Definitions

  1. goddess

Ancestry of “boginja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicbogynigoddess
2Proto-Slavic-yniDenominal, forming feminine noun forms....
3Proto-Slavic-nione
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ni →Every word from Proto-Slavic -yni →Every word from Proto-Slavic bogyni →