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Where does “posao” come from?

posao (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic posъlъ, from Proto-Slavic sъlъ — messenger.

Ancestry of “posao”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicposъlъenvoy, messenger; task, assignment
2Proto-Slavicsъlъmessenger

Words derived from “posao”

  • poslovanje
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