Where does “ajde” come from?

ajde (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish هایده, from Ottoman Turkish ده, from Ottoman Turkish دیمك, from Proto-Turkic tē- — to say.

Ancestry of “ajde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishهایدهaway!, forward!, depart hence!, be off!,...
2Ottoman Turkishدهlet's go, come on!
3Ottoman Turkishدیمكto say; that is
4Proto-Turkictē-to say

Words derived from “ajde

Every word from Proto-Turkic tē-Every word from Ottoman Turkish دیمكEvery word from Ottoman Turkish ده