Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьrdь

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 Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-.

Noun

*žьrdь f[1]

  1. perch, pole, ricker

Inflection

Declension of *žьrdь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *žьrdь *žьrdi *žьrdi
genitive *žьrdi *žьrdьju, *žьrďu* *žьrdьjь, *žьrdi*
dative *žьrdi *žьrdьma *žьrdьmъ
accusative *žьrdь *žьrdi *žьrdi
instrumental *žьrdьjǫ, *žьrďǫ* *žьrdьma *žьrdьmi
locative *žьrdi *žьrdьju, *žьrďu* *žьrdьxъ
vocative *žьrdi *žьrdi *žьrdi

* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

  • *žьrdьka (diminutive)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: жерздь (žjerzdʹ)
    • Russian: жердь (žerdʹ) (dialectally же́редь (žéredʹ))
    • ⇒ Ukrainian: же́рдка (žérdka)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: жрьдь (žrĭdĭ)
    • Bulgarian: жерд (žerd), жърть (žǎrtʹ) (obsolete)
      • ⇒ же́рда f (žérda, “beam, bar”) (dialectal)
    • Slovene: žȓd (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
  • Non-Slavic:
    • → Hungarian: zsorda (“rod”)
    • → Romanian: joardă (“rod, stick”)
    • → Proto-Finnic: *hirci (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жердь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жерд, жерда”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 537

References

  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “žȓd”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *žь̑rdь”
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