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Where does “div” come from?

div (Old Czech) comes from Proto-Slavic divъ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyh₂- — mind, thought.

Ancestry of “div”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdivъwonder, miracle; wild, untamed
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyh₂-mind, thought
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