Where does “gajba” come from?
gajba (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian gabbia, from Latin cavea, from Latin cavus, from Proto-Italic kawos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱowh₁ós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewh₁- — to swell; to be strong.
gajba (Serbo-Croatian): crate, box; cage; score, point
Definitions
- crate, box; cage; score, point
Ancestry of “gajba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | gabbia | cage, hutch; clink; crate, skip |
| 2 | Latin | cavea | hollow, cavity; cage, den, enclosure, stall,... |
| 3 | Latin | cavus | hollow, concave; excavated, channeled;... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kawos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱowh₁ós | hollow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewh₁- | to swell; to be strong |