Where does “kožar” come from?
kožar (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Polish Koza, from Proto-Slavic koža, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.
kožar (Serbo-Croatian): skinner, tanner, currier
Ancestry of “kožar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Polish | Koza | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | koža | skin; leather |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ja | Suffix creating feminine action nouns, usually... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeh₂ | — |