Where does “ďodă” come from?

ďodă (Polabian) comes from Proto-Slavic dědъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dēˀd-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

ďodă (Polabian): grandfather

Definitions

  1. grandfather

Ancestry of “ďodă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdědъgrandfather
2Proto-Balto-Slavicdēˀd-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁dʰ-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁dʰ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic dēˀd- →