Where does “да-” come from?
да- (Belarusian) comes from Belarusian да, from Proto-Slavic dȍ, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
Ancestry of “да-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Belarusian | да | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | dȍ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |