Where does “Рождество” come from?
Рождество (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Old Church Slavonic рождьство, from Proto-Slavic roďьstvo, from Proto-Slavic roditi, from Proto-Slavic rodъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic radás, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.
Ancestry of “Рождество”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | рождьство | birth; birthday; Christmas |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | roďьstvo | |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | roditi | to give birth, to bear; to bear; to care about,... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | rodъ | genus, race, birth; kin, family, tribe, clan;... |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | radás | birth, genus |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wréh₂ds | root |