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Where does “адъ” come from?

адъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Ancient Greek ᾍδης, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

адъ (Old Church Slavonic): hell

Definitions

  1. hell

Ancestry of “адъ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “адъ”

  • ад
  • ада
  • ад
  • iad
  • ad
  • адъ
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