Where does “адъ” come from?

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

адъ (Old East Slavic): hell

Definitions

  1. hell

Ancestry of “адъ”, step by step

адъ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Church Slavonic адъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicадъhell
2Ancient GreekᾍδηςHades (Greek god)
3Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
4Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

via Church Slavonic адъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Church Slavonicадъ—

Words derived from “адъ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Ancient Greek ᾍδης →