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Where does “košulja” come from?

košulja (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic košuľa, from Latin casula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

košulja (Serbo-Croatian): shirt with long sleeves and a collar

Definitions

  1. shirt with long sleeves and a collar

Ancestry of “košulja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavickošuľashirt
2Latincasulahut, small cottage; rural property, small farm;...
3Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
4Proto-Italic-olos—
5Proto-Italic-elos—
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “košulja”

  • crnokošuljaš
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