Where does “Nádia” come from?
Nádia (Portuguese) comes from Russian На́дя, from Russian Наде́жда, from Old Church Slavonic надежда, from Proto-Slavic nadeďa, from Proto-Slavic děti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
Ancestry of “Nádia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | На́дя | — |
| 2 | Russian | Наде́жда | Hope; Nadezhda |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | надежда | hope |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | nadeďa | hope |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | děti | to do; to put, to place; to thread, to pass... |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | dḗˀtei | to put, to place; to do |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |