Where does “soba” come from?
soba (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Hungarian szoba, from Old High German stuba, from Proto-Germanic *stubu.
soba (Serbo-Croatian): room
Ancestry of “soba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | szoba | room |
| 2 | Old High German | stuba | a heated room; bathroom; step |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *stubu | — |