Where does “ад” come from?

ад (Bulgarian) comes from Old Church Slavonic адъ, from Ancient Greek ᾍδης, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

ад (Bulgarian): hell, inferno, perdition

Definitions

  1. hell, inferno, perdition

Ancestry of “ад”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicадъhell
2Ancient GreekᾍδηςHades (Greek god)
3Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
4Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Ancient Greek ᾍδης →