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Where does “zraka” come from?

zraka (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian zrȃk, from Proto-Slavic zorkъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

zraka (Serbo-Croatian): ray, beam; ray, half-line

Definitions

  1. ray, beam; ray, half-line

Ancestry of “zraka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianzrȃkbeam; air; air
2Proto-Slaviczorkъsunbeam; look, appearance
3Proto-Slavic-kъDeverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or...
4Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
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