Where does “fjaka” come from?
fjaka (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian fiacca, from Italian fiaccare, from Italian -are, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
fjaka (Serbo-Croatian): drowsiness, sleepiness
Ancestry of “fjaka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | fiacca | tiredness; laziness; sluggishness |
| 2 | Italian | fiaccare | To weary, exhaust or weaken |
| 3 | Italian | -are | Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most... |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |