Where does “гадая” come from?

гадая (Bulgarian) comes from Proto-Slavic gaďati — to guess, to conjecture.

гадая (Bulgarian): to tell fortunes, to divine to predict the future by cards, coffee grounds, palm reading, or other means

Definitions

  1. to tell fortunes, to divine to predict the future by cards, coffee grounds, palm reading, or other means

Ancestry of “гадая”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgaďatito guess, to conjecture
Every word from Proto-Slavic gaďati
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