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Where does “koža” come from?

koža (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic koža, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.

koža (Serbo-Croatian): skin; leather

Definitions

  1. skin; leather

Ancestry of “koža”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavickožaskin; leather
2Proto-Slavic-jaSuffix creating feminine action nouns, usually...
3Proto-Indo-European-yeh₂—

Words derived from “koža”

  • debelokožac
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂ →