Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/dúsdjus

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dus-dyu-s (“bad (cloudy, rainy) sky, bad weather”), from *dus- (“bad”) + *dyu-s (zero-grade), from *dyew- (“sky, heaven”). Compare Sanskrit दुर्दिन (durdina, “bad weather, rainy day”) < *dus-di-nom.

Noun

*dúsdjus m

  1. bad weather, rain

Descendants

  • Proto-Slavic: *dъ̀ždžь (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

  • EDSIL, page 131: “*dъ̀ždjь”, “PIE *dus-diu-(s)”
  • RES, vol. 14, page 122‒124: “дождь”, “и.-е. *dus-di̯u-”
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