Where does “nedēļa” come from?

nedēļa (Latvian) comes from Old East Slavic недѣлꙗ, from Proto-Slavic neděľa, from Proto-Slavic dělo, from Proto-Slavic děti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

nedēļa (Latvian): week; post-partum, post-natal period

Definitions

  1. week; post-partum, post-natal period

Ancestry of “nedēļa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East SlavicнедѣлꙗSunday
2Proto-SlavicneděľaSunday
3Proto-Slavicdělodeed; work
4Proto-Slavicdětito do; to put, to place; to thread, to pass...
5Proto-Balto-Slavicdḗˀteito put, to place; to do
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “nedēļa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic dḗˀtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic děti →