Where does “obojiti” come from?

obojiti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian bojiti, from Ottoman Turkish بویا, from Old Anatolian Turkish boyaɣ, from Old Anatolian Turkish boδaɣ, from Proto-Turkic bodog, from Hungarian boldog — happy; blessed, beatified.

obojiti (Serbo-Croatian): to color, paint, dye

Definitions

  1. to color, paint, dye

Ancestry of “obojiti”, step by step

obojiti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian bojiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianbojitito colour; to dye; to paint
2Ottoman Turkishبویاcolor; dye; paint
3Old Anatolian Turkishboyaɣdye
4Old Anatolian Turkishboδaɣ—
5Proto-Turkicbodogpaint, dye
6Hungarianboldoghappy; blessed, beatified

via Serbo-Croatian o

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianoon, against; about, concerning, of, on
2Proto-Slavico(b)around, about; concerning; against, on
3Proto-Balto-Slavicab—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ebʰi—
Every word from Hungarian boldog →Every word from Proto-Turkic bodog →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish boδaɣ →