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Where does “kožica” come from?

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

kožica (Serbo-Croatian): prepuce, foreskin

Definitions

  1. prepuce, foreskin

Ancestry of “kožica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiankȍža—
2Proto-Slavickožaskin; leather
3Proto-Slavic-jaSuffix creating feminine action nouns, usually...
4Proto-Indo-European-yeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂ →