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Where does “sač” come from?

sač (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish ساج, from Proto-Turkic siāč — tin, pan; white copper, tin, pan.

sač (Serbo-Croatian): iron pan for baking bread; woad

Definitions

  1. iron pan for baking bread; woad

Ancestry of “sač”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishساجpan; teak tree and wood
2Proto-Turkicsiāčtin, pan; white copper, tin, pan
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