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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žito
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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 *geit-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeHi-to-.
Baltic cognates include Old Prussian geytye, geits (“bread”).
Indo-European cognates include Irish biathaim, Welsh bwyd (“food, meat”).
Inflection
Declension of *žìto (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *žìto | *žìtě | *žìta |
| Accusative | *žìto | *žìtě | *žìta |
| Genitive | *žìta | *žìtu | *žìtъ |
| Locative | *žìtě | *žìtu | *žìtě̄xъ |
| Dative | *žìtu | *žìtoma | *žìtomъ |
| Instrumental | *žìtъmь, *žìtomь* | *žìtoma | *žìtȳ |
| Vocative | *žìto | *žìtě | *žìta |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- South Slavic:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*žìto”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 563
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “жито”, 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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