Where does “задах” come from?

задах (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian дах, from Proto-Slavic dъxъ, from Proto-Slavic dyxъ — whiff, sniff.

задах (Serbo-Croatian): unpleasant odor, smell, stench

Definitions

  1. unpleasant odor, smell, stench

Ancestry of “задах”, step by step

задах traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian дах

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianдахbreath; breathing, respiration; stench, odor
2Proto-Slavicdъxъbreath; whiff
3Proto-Slavicdyxъwhiff, sniff

via Serbo-Croatian за

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianзаfor; behind, in back of, at; during
2Proto-Slaviczabehind, after (stationary)
Every word from Proto-Slavic dyxъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic dъxъ →Every word from Serbo-Croatian дах →