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Where does “Hadas” come from?

Hadas (Lithuanian) comes from Ancient Greek ᾍδης, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

Ancestry of “Hadas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekᾍδης—
2Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
3Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
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