Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/serda

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-Balto-Slavic *śerd-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- (“heart”). Cognate with Lithuanian šerdi̇̀s (“core, kernel, pith”).[1] For the sense "middle of the week", compare German Mittwoch.

Noun

*serdà f[1]

  1. middle
  2. Wednesday (middle of week)

Declension

Declension of *serdà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *serdà *sȇrdě *sȇrdy
genitive *serdý *serdù *sẽrdъ
dative *serdě̀ *serdàma *serdàmъ
accusative *sȇrdǫ *sȇrdě *sȇrdy
instrumental *serdojǫ́ *serdàma *serdàmi
locative *sȇrdě *serdù *serdàsъ, *serdàxъ*
vocative *serdo *sȇrdě *sȇrdy

* -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.

See also

Days of the week in Proto-Slavic · *dьne nedě̀ľę̇/tajegodьne (layout · text)
*ponedělъkъ
*ponedělьnikъ 		*vъtorъkъ
*vъtorьnikъ 		*serda *četvьrtъkъ *pętъkъ *sǫbota *neděľa

Derived terms

  • *serdъkъ (“middle, center”) (noun)
    • *oserdъkъ (“middle, center”)
    • *serdъkovъ (“middle, center”) (adjective)
  • *serdьňь (“middle, central”)

Descendants

  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “середа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*serdà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 444
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