Where does “tovar” come from?
tovar (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic tovarъ, from Proto-Turkic *tabar.
tovar (Serbo-Croatian): cargo; burden; load
Ancestry of “tovar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | tovarъ | loading |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *tabar | — |