Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žigъ

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

Action/result noun from Proto-Slavic *žьgati (“to burn, to brand”) via enlongation of the root vowel, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Akin to Proto-Celtic *degʷis (“flame, blaze”), Lithuanian dė̃gis (“burn scar”).

Noun

*žigъ m

brand, burn mark
residual heat, incandescence

Declension

Declension of *žigъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*žigъ	*žiga	*židzi
genitive	*žiga	*žigu	*žigъ
dative	*žigu	*žigoma	*žigomъ
accusative	*žigъ	*žiga	*žigy
instrumental	žigъmь, žigomь^*	*žigoma	*žigy
locative	*židzě	*žigu	*židzěxъ
vocative	*žiže	*žiga	*židzi

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

Declension of *žigъ (u-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*žigъ	*žigy	*žigove
genitive	*žigu	*žigovu	*žigovъ
dative	*žigovi	*žigъma	*žigъmъ
accusative	*žigъ	*žigy	*žigy
instrumental	*žigъmь	*žigъma	*žigъmi
locative	*žigu	*žigovu	*žigъxъ
vocative	*žigu	*žigy	*žigove

Related terms

*žegti (“to burn”)
*žega (“heat”)
*žežьkъ (“hot, incandescent”)

Derived terms

*žižьka (“calorie, unit of heat”)
*žigъlъ (“pin, dart for branding”)
*zigovati (“to brand, to leave a burn mark”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- ⇒ Russian: вы́жиг (výžig)
  - ⇒ Russian: вы́жига (výžiga, “wastrel”)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: жи́г (žíg)
- Macedonian: жиг (žig)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: жи̑г
  
  Latin script: žȋg
- Slovene: žȋg
Non-Slavic:
- Romanian: jeg
- Albanian: zhig