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Where does “koza” come from?

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

Ancestry of “koza”, step by step

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

Words derived from “koza”

  • kožarnica
  • kožarstvo
  • kožarski
  • kožun
  • kožar
  • kožara
  • kožurica
  • кожарски
  • kožnat
  • kožica
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂ →