Where does “dopoldan” come from?
dopoldan (Slovene) comes from Slovene do, from Slovene volja, from Proto-Slavic *voľà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic wáljāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European welh₁- — to choose; to want.
dopoldan (Slovene): morning, forenoon
Ancestry of “dopoldan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Slovene | do | by; till |
| 2 | Slovene | volja | will |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | *voľà | — |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | wáljāˀ | will |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | welh₁- | to choose; to want |