Where does “sad” come from?

sad (Czech) comes from Old Czech sad, from Proto-Slavic sadъ, from Finnish sadas, from Proto-Finnic sadac, from Proto-Slavic *sǫdakъ — zander; any fish of the genus Sander.

sad (Czech): orchard

Definitions

  1. orchard

Ancestry of “sad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechsad—
2Proto-Slavicsadъplant, garden
3Finnishsadashundredth; Second-person singular imperative...
4Proto-Finnicsadachundredth
5Proto-Slavic*sǫdakъzander; any fish of the genus Sander

Words derived from “sad”

Every word from Proto-Slavic *sǫdakъ →Every word from Proto-Finnic sadac →Every word from Finnish sadas →
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