Where does “абыычай” come from?

абыычай (Yakut) comes from Russian обы́чай, from Proto-Slavic obyčajь, from Proto-Slavic -ějь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀjas.

абыычай (Yakut): custom, habit

Definitions

  1. custom, habit

Ancestry of “абыычай”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianобы́чайcustom
2Proto-Slavicobyčajьcustom, tradition; habit, routine
3Proto-Slavic-ějьDeverbal from stative verbs inflecting in *-ěti....
4Proto-Balto-Slavic-ēˀjas—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀjas →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ějь →Every word from Proto-Slavic obyčajь →
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