Where does “divji” come from?

divji (Slovene) comes from Slovene bába, from Proto-Slavic baba, from Proto-Balto-Slavic bā́ˀbāˀ — old woman.

divji (Slovene): wild

Definitions

  1. wild

Ancestry of “divji”, step by step

divji traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Slovene bába

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Slovenebábaold woman, hag
2Proto-Slavicbabaold woman; grandmother; midwife
3Proto-Balto-Slavicbā́ˀbāˀold woman

via Proto-Slavic divъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdivъwonder, miracle; wild, untamed
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyh₂-mind, thought

Words derived from “divji”

Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic bā́ˀbāˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic baba →Every word from Slovene bába →