Where does “dražba” come from?

dražba (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Czech dražba, from Czech -ba, from Old Czech -ba, from Proto-Slavic -ьba — Forms action nouns from verbs.

dražba (Serbo-Croatian): auction

Definitions

  1. auction

Ancestry of “dražba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechdražbaauction
2Czech-baforms feminine nouns usually denoting an action,...
3Old Czech-ba—
4Proto-Slavic-ьbaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьba →Every word from Czech -ba →Every word from Czech dražba →
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