Where does “kajkavizam” come from?

kajkavizam (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -izam, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

kajkavizam (Serbo-Croatian): A word or phrase characteristic of the Kajkavian language

Definitions

  1. A word or phrase characteristic of the Kajkavian language

Ancestry of “kajkavizam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-izam-ism
2Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
3Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
4Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →Every word from Ancient Greek -μός →Every word from Ancient Greek -ισμός →