Where does “iad” come from?
iad (Romanian) comes from Church Slavonic адъ, from Ancient Greek ᾍδης, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
iad (Romanian): hell
Ancestry of “iad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Church Slavonic | адъ | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ᾍδης | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |