Where does “nedjelja” come from?

nedjelja (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic neděľa, from Proto-Slavic dělo, from Proto-Slavic děti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

nedjelja (Serbo-Croatian): Sunday

Definitions

  1. Sunday

Ancestry of “nedjelja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-SlavicneděľaSunday
2Proto-Slavicdělodeed; work
3Proto-Slavicdětito do; to put, to place; to thread, to pass...
4Proto-Balto-Slavicdḗˀteito put, to place; to do
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic dḗˀtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic děti →