Where does “obveznik” come from?
obveznik (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian obvézati, from Serbo-Croatian ob-, from Proto-Slavic ob, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.
obveznik (Serbo-Croatian): obliged person
Ancestry of “obveznik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | obvézati | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | ob- | around, enclosing, surrounding; around,... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | ob | around, against |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ebʰi | — |