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Where does “beznaděj” come from?

beznaděj (Czech) comes from Czech naděje, from Old Czech nadějě, from Proto-Slavic naděja.

beznaděj (Czech): hopelessness

Definitions

  1. hopelessness

Ancestry of “beznaděj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechnadějehope
2Old Czechnadějě—
3Proto-Slavicnaděja—
Every word from Proto-Slavic naděja →