Where does “рад” come from?

рад (Belarusian) comes from Old East Slavic рѧдъ, from Proto-Slavic rędъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic rind-.

рад (Belarusian): row, line

Definitions

  1. row, line

Ancestry of “рад”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicрѧдъline
2Proto-Slavicrędъrow
3Proto-Balto-Slavicrind-—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic rind- →Every word from Proto-Slavic rędъ →Every word from Old East Slavic рѧдъ →