Where does “одежа” come from?

одежа (Ukrainian) comes from Proto-Slavic odeďa, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.

одежа (Ukrainian): clothing, clothes

Definitions

  1. clothing, clothes

Ancestry of “одежа”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicodeďaclothes, garment
2Proto-Slavic-jaSuffix creating feminine action nouns, usually...
3Proto-Indo-European-yeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ja →Every word from Proto-Slavic odeďa →
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