Where does “vratnica” come from?
vratnica (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -nica, from Serbo-Croatian -nīk, from Proto-Slavic -nikъ — From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...
vratnica (Serbo-Croatian): goalpost; doorframe
Ancestry of “vratnica”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | -nica | female equivalent of -nik |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | -nīk | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -nikъ | From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,... |