Where does “neděľa” come from?

neděľa (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic dělo, from Proto-Slavic děti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

neděľa (Proto-Slavic): Sunday

Definitions

  1. Sunday

Ancestry of “neděľa”, step by step

neděľa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic dělo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdělodeed; work
2Proto-Slavicdětito do; to put, to place; to thread, to pass...
3Proto-Balto-Slavicdḗˀteito put, to place; to do
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Proto-Slavic ne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicnenot
2Proto-Balto-Slavicnēnot
3Proto-Indo-Europeannénot; no

Words derived from “neděľa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic dḗˀtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic děti →