Mind & speech

hope

Source:*nadějaProto-Slavic · “hope, reliance (*na- + *děti 'put')”certain

Hope is what you 'put on' something. Russian took its word from Church Slavonic, hence the South Slavic жд.

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English

hope

Polish

nadzieja

naˈdʑɛja

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Russian
наде́ждаnadežda
nɐˈdʲeʐdəChurch Slavonic
From the sister form *nadědja: жд is the Church Slavonic reflex of *dj; native Russian has надёжа 'reliance'.
Ukrainian
наді́яnadija
naˈdʲijainherited
Polish
nadzieja
naˈdʑɛjainherited
Czech
naděje
ˈnaɟɛjɛinherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
nadaнада
ˈnadadifferent word · BCS, from nadati se 'to hope'
English
hope