Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ěda

This Proto-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-Slavic

Etymology

Back-formation from *ědati. However, probably inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ēˀdā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁edéh₂ (“food”), from *h₁ed- (“to eat”). Compare Lithuanian ė́da (“food”), Latvian êdas f pl (“feed”) and Old Norse āta (“feed, food”).

Noun

*ěda f[1][2]

  1. food, feed
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁ed- (0 c, 3 e)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *ѣда (*jěda)
      • Middle Russian: ѣда́ (jědá)
      • Old Ruthenian: ѣда́ (jědá)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: я́да́ (jádá) (obsolete)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ја̑да
      Latin script: jȃda
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: jȃda (dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ěda”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 38
  2. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1991), “ěda”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 6 (e! – ěždžь), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 116
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