Where does “Adin” come from?

Adin (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Arabic دِين, from Pahlavi dēn, from Old Persian *dainah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰayHanā-.

Ancestry of “Adin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicدِينjudgement; religion; faith
2Pahlavidēn
3Old Persian*dainah
4Proto-Indo-IraniandʰayHanā-
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰayHanā-Every word from Old Persian *dainahEvery word from Pahlavi dēn