Where does “sad” come from?
sad (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic sadъ, from Finnish sadas, from Proto-Finnic sadac, from Proto-Slavic *sǫdakъ.
sad (Lower Sorbian): fruit
Ancestry of “sad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | sadъ | plant, garden |
| 2 | Finnish | sadas | hundredth; Second-person singular imperative... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | sadac | hundredth |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | *sǫdakъ | — |