Where does “Nadja” come from?

Nadja (Finnish) comes from Russian На́дя, from Russian Наде́жда, from Old Church Slavonic надежда, from Proto-Slavic nadeďa, from Proto-Slavic děti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

Ancestry of “Nadja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianНа́дя—
2RussianНаде́ждаHope; Nadezhda
3Old Church Slavonicнадеждаhope
4Proto-Slavicnadeďahope
5Proto-Slavicdětito do; to put, to place; to thread, to pass...
6Proto-Balto-Slavicdḗˀteito put, to place; to do
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic dḗˀtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic děti →