Where does “odăjdii” come from?
odăjdii (Romanian) comes from Old Church Slavonic одежда, from Proto-Slavic odeďa, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.
odăjdii (Romanian): vestments
Ancestry of “odăjdii”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | одежда | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | odeďa | clothes, garment |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ja | Suffix creating feminine action nouns, usually... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeh₂ | — |