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Where does “kòrablja” come from?

kòrablja (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic korabľь, from Ancient Greek καράβιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “kòrablja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavickorabľьship
2Ancient Greekκαράβιον—
3Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “kòrablja”

  • korabljarnica
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