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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/židъ

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

Likely through some Balkan Romance dialect, from Old Italian giudeo, from Latin iūdaeus.

Noun

*židъ m

  1. Jew

Declension

Derived terms

  • *židovьskъ

Descendants

  • East Slavic: жидъ (židŭ), жидинъ (židinŭ), жидовинъ (židovinŭ)
    • Belarusian: жыд (žyd)
    • Russian: жид (žid)
      • Yiddish: זשיד (zhid) (derogatory)
      • Latvian: žīds (derogatory)
    • Ukrainian: жид (žyd)

Further reading

  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), жид”, 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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