Where does “гадание” come from?

гадание (Russian) comes from Russian гада́ть, from Proto-Slavic gaďati — to guess, to conjecture.

гадание (Russian): divination, fortune-telling, (by hand) palmistry, chiromancy, (cards) card reading, cartomancy

Definitions

  1. divination, fortune-telling, (by hand) palmistry, chiromancy, (cards) card reading, cartomancy

Ancestry of “гадание”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianгада́тьto divine, to foretell; to conjecture, guess,...
2Proto-Slavicgaďatito guess, to conjecture
Every word from Proto-Slavic gaďatiEvery word from Russian гада́ть
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