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Where does “doba” come from?

doba (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic doba, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dabāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰh₂ebʰ-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European dʰh₂ebʰ- — to pass, happen, occur, fit; to model, fashion;...

doba (Serbo-Croatian): time; age, epoch, era; season

Definitions

  1. time; age, epoch, era; season

Ancestry of “doba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdobatime
2Proto-Balto-Slavicdabāˀ—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰh₂ebʰ-eh₂—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰh₂ebʰ-to pass, happen, occur, fit; to model, fashion;...
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