Where does “pojas” come from?
pojas (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic pȍjāsъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *jṓˀstei, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₃s- — gird; belt, girdle.
Ancestry of “pojas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | pȍjāsъ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *jṓˀstei | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₃s- | gird; belt, girdle |