Where does “bijéda” come from?

bijéda (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic běda, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeydʰ- — to compel, force; to trust.

Ancestry of “bijéda”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Proto-Slavic	běda	trouble, misery, misfortune; adversity, calamity;...
2	Proto-Indo-European	bʰeydʰ-	to compel, force; to trust

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