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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьdati

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 *g(e)id-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰidʰ-. Cognate with Lithuanian geĩsti (desire), Latvian gàidît (wait), Old Prussian gēide (they are waiting), Old High German gīt (avarice).

Verb

*žьdàti

  1. to wait, to await

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: ждаць (ždacʹ)
    • Russian: ждать (ždatʹ)
    • Ukrainian: жда́ти (ždáty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: жьдати (žĭdati)
      Glagolitic: ⰶⱐⰴⰰⱅⰻ (žĭdati)
    • Slovene: ždẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: ždáti
      • Czech: ždáti
    • Kashubian: ždac
    • Old Polish: żdać

Further reading

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 565
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), ждать”, 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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