Where does “чѧдьце” come from?

чѧдьце (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic чѧдо, from Proto-Slavic čędo, from Proto-Germanic kindą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

чѧдьце (Old Church Slavonic): child

Definitions

  1. child

Ancestry of “чѧдьце”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicчѧдоchild
2Proto-Slavicčędochild
3Proto-GermanickindąAlternative form of *kinþą; child; offspring
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kindą →Every word from Proto-Slavic čędo →