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Where does “dabogda” come from?

dabogda (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian da, from Proto-Slavic da, from Serbo-Croatian да̏ти, from Proto-Slavic dȁti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dṓˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- — to give.

dabogda (Serbo-Croatian): expressing good or bad wish

Definitions

  1. expressing good or bad wish

Ancestry of “dabogda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiandathat; to, so, so that, in order to; to
2Proto-Slavicdayes, yeah; in order to
3Serbo-Croatianда̏ти—
4Proto-Slavicdȁti—
5Proto-Balto-Slavicdṓˀteito give
6Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
7Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- →