Where does “krajanka” come from?
krajanka (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Polish krajan, from Polish kraj, from Old Polish kraj, from Proto-Slavic krajь, from Proto-Slavic krojiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic krájīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁-eye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁- — to sift, to separate.
Definitions
Ancestry of “krajanka”, step by step
krajanka traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish krajan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | krajan | compatriot |
| 2 | Polish | kraj | country; land; border of something |
| 3 | Old Polish | kraj | border |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | krajь | edge, end |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | krojiti | to cut |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | krájīˀtei | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kroyh₁-eye-ti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kroyh₁- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kroh₁y- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kreh₁y- | to sift, to separate |
via Czech krajan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | krajan | compatriot, countryman |
| 2 | Old Czech | krajěnín | compatriot, countryman |
| 3 | Old Czech | -ěnín | forms nouns, including inhabitant names |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -janinъ | Creates male dweller terms from toponyms or place... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -inъ | -ine; Creates singulatives, mostly with... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |