Where does “običaj” come from?

običaj (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic obyčajь, from Proto-Slavic -ějь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀjas.

običaj (Serbo-Croatian): habit, tendency; custom; convention, formality,...

Definitions

  1. habit, tendency; custom; convention, formality,...

Ancestry of “običaj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicobyčajьcustom, tradition; habit, routine
2Proto-Slavic-ějьDeverbal from stative verbs inflecting in *-ěti....
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-ēˀjas—

Words derived from “običaj”

Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀjas →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ějь →Every word from Proto-Slavic obyčajь →