Where does “ād-” come from?
ād- (Proto-Baltic) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₂edʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
Ancestry of “ād-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂edʰ- | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |