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