Where does “зълодѣи” come from?

зълодѣи (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic *zъlodějь — evildoer, malefactor, miscreant.

зълодѣи (Old Church Slavonic): criminal

Definitions

  1. criminal

Ancestry of “зълодѣи”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*zъlodějьevildoer, malefactor, miscreant
Every word from Proto-Slavic *zъlodějь