Where does “nekidan” come from?

nekidan (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian neki, from Serbo-Croatian ne-, from Serbo-Croatian probaviti — to digest.

nekidan (Serbo-Croatian): the other day

Definitions

  1. the other day

Ancestry of “nekidan”, step by step

nekidan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian neki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiannekisome
2Serbo-Croatianne-Prefix prepended to adjectives to create an...
3Serbo-Croatianprobavitito digest

via Serbo-Croatian dan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiandanday
2Proto-Slavicdьnьday
3Proto-Balto-Slavicdein-—
Every word from Serbo-Croatian probaviti →Every word from Serbo-Croatian ne- →Every word from Serbo-Croatian neki →