Where does “чрѣда” come from?

чрѣда (Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic čerda, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- — herd, row; file, row, herd.

Ancestry of “чрѣда”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicčerdafile, herd
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerdʰ-herd, row; file, row, herd

Words derived from “чрѣда

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ-Every word from Proto-Slavic čerda