Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ědivo

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

From *ěsti +‎ *-ivo.

Noun

*ědivo n

  1. food, comestibles
    Synonyms: *ěstivo, *ědlo

Inflection

Declension of *ědivo (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *ědivo *ědivě *ědiva
genitive *ědiva *ědivu *ědivъ
dative *ědivu *ědivoma *ědivomъ
accusative *ědivo *ědivě *ědiva
instrumental *ědivъmь, *ědivomь* *ědivoma *ědivy
locative *ědivě *ědivu *ědivěxъ
vocative *ědivo *ědivě *ědiva

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ꙗдиво (jadivo)
      • Russian: е́дево (jédevo)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: яди́во (jadívo) (obsolete)
    • Serbo-Croatian: је̏ди̑во
    • Slovene: jedȋvo
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: jedzivo, jezivo (dialectal)
    • Old Polish: jedziwo
    • Slovak: jedivo

References

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ědivo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 40