Where does “dacha” come from?
Dacha comes from Russian да́ча, derived from Russian дать, from Proto-Slavic dati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European deh₃-, meaning to give.
dacha (English): A Russian villa or summer house in the...
Definitions
- A Russian villa or summer house in the...
Ancestry of “dacha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | да́ча | dacha, villa, country house |
| 2 | Russian | дать | to give; to let, to allow; to organize, to create |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | dȁti | to give |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | dṓˀtei | to give |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
Words derived from “dacha”