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Where does “promaja” come from?

promaja (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian mahati, from Proto-Slavic māxàti — to wave.

promaja (Serbo-Croatian): draft

Definitions

  1. draft

Ancestry of “promaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianmahatito wave
2Proto-Slavicmāxàtito wave
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