Where does “lišaj” come from?
lišaj (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic lišajь, from Proto-Slavic lixъ, from Proto-Indo-European leykʷ- — to leave.
lišaj (Serbo-Croatian): lichen
Ancestry of “lišaj”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | lišajь | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | lixъ | remaining, unnecessary, superfluous, bad |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | leykʷ- | to leave |