Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jězda

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

Probably from an earlier *jědda, from the present stem *jěd- of *jěxati (to go, ride) + a suffix *-da.[1][2]

Noun

*jězda f

  1. ride

Inflection

Declension of *jězda (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *jězda *jězdě *jězdy
genitive *jězdy *jězdu *jězdъ
dative *jězdě *jězdama *jězdamъ
accusative *jězdǫ *jězdě *jězdy
instrumental *jězdojǫ, *jězdǫ** *jězdama *jězdami
locative *jězdě *jězdu *jězdasъ, *jězdaxъ*
vocative *jězdo *jězdě *jězdy

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: езда́ (jezdá)
    • Ukrainian: їзда́ (jizdá)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      • Church Slavonic: язда (jazda)
    • Bulgarian: езда́ (ezdá)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      unspecified script:
      Latin script: jezda
    • Slovene: jézda
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ězda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 154
  2. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “езда́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress