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Where does “zȁlogāj” come from?

zȁlogāj (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -aj, from Proto-Slavic -ějь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀjas.

Ancestry of “zȁlogāj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-ajSuffix appended to words to create a masculine...
2Proto-Slavic-ějьDeverbal from stative verbs inflecting in *-ěti....
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-ēˀjas—

Words derived from “zȁlogāj”

  • založiti
  • zalogajnica
  • prezalogajiti
  • zalogaj
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀjas →