Where does “садист” come from?

садист (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian Саде, from Ottoman Turkish ساده‌جه, from Persian ساده, from Middle Persian sādag.

садист (Serbo-Croatian): sadist

Definitions

  1. sadist

Ancestry of “садист”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-CroatianСаде—
2Ottoman Turkishساده‌جه—
3Persianسادهsimple; easy; plain, ordinary
4Middle Persiansādag—
Every word from Middle Persian sādag →Every word from Persian ساده →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ساده‌جه →