Where does “očaj” come from?
očaj (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic čajati, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁y-e-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁y-.
očaj (Serbo-Croatian): despair
Ancestry of “očaj”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | čajati | to wait, to expect |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₁y-e- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₁y- | — |