Where does “Nedić” come from?

Nedić (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Latin Neda, from Proto-Indo-European neygʷ- — to wash.

Ancestry of “Nedić”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinNedaA river of Peloponnesus which forms the boundary between Messenia and Elis before flowing into the Ionian Sea
2Proto-Indo-Europeanneygʷ-to wash
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neygʷ-Every word from Latin Neda