Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běda

Etymology
Opinions alternate between:
 * Meyer (in context to 🇨🇬): Via earlier from, cognate with  🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Probably also akin to 🇨🇬 (per Martynov). Lyapunov (ИОРЯС XXXI) further interprets the etymon as . In contrast, Milleit views it as a deverbial from  (doubted by Trubačev).
 * Derksen, Smoczyński: Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, presumably from, perhaps from . Further akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, possibly 🇨🇬.

Convergence of the two sources cannot be excluded either.

Noun

 * 1) trouble, misery, misfortune
 * 2) adversity, calamity
 * 3)  poverty, need

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