Where does “pobačaj” come from?
pobačaj (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian pobáciti, from Serbo-Croatian po, from Serbo-Croatian pol, from Ancient Greek πόλος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
pobačaj (Serbo-Croatian): miscarriage
Ancestry of “pobačaj”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | pobáciti | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | po | half; for; over, through, across, in, on |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | pol | pole; sex; gender |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πόλος | pivot, hinge, axis, pole; axis of the celestial... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |