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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žędati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gend-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-, with a nasal infix. Cognate with Lithuanian pasigèsti (to miss) (3sg. pasigeñda), gedáuti (to desire, to yearn) (1sg. gedáuju), gedė́ti (to seek, to yearn) (1sg. gedù, gedžiù). Also cognate with Ancient Greek θέσσασθαι (théssasthai, to pray for), ποθέω (pothéō, to desire), Avestan 𐬘𐬀𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬙 (jaidiiat, he asked), Old Irish guidim (to ask), probably English bid.

Verb

*žę̄dàti

  1. to wish, to desire

Inflection

See also

Derived terms

  • *žęďa (wish, desire)
  • *žędьnъ (avid, greedy)

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: жѧдати (žędati), жѧдѣти (žęděti, to wish, to desire), 1sg. жѧждѫ (žęždǫ), жѧдаѭ (žędajǫ)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: žádat (to ask, to demand)
    • Polish: żądać (to demand)
    • Slovak: žiadať (to ask, to demand)
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: žadać (to wish, to desire, to demand)
      • Lower Sorbian: žedaś (to demand)

References

  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), жа́дный”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 290
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), жа́жда”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 290
  • Derksen, Rick (2008), “*žę̄dàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 560
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), жада́ть”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
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