Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/edъva

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

The first element is possibly the same as in *edinъ (see there for more). For *-va, confer Bulgarian дава́ (davá, “probably, perhaps”) and Czech sotva. Furthermore, cognate with Lithuanian võs (“hardly”), vos ne vos (“scarcely”).

Variations with l- possibly contain a particle *le (see еле).

Adverb

*edъva

  1. barely, scarcely

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • ⇒ Belarusian: ледзь (ljedzʹ), ледзьве (ljedzʹvje)
    • Russian: едва́ (jedvá)
    • ⇒ Ukrainian: ледь (ledʹ), ле́две (lédve)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: jedva, ledva
    • ⇒ Old Polish: jedwo, ledwo
    • ⇒ Kashubian: ledvje, ledwœ (Ramułt's dictionary)
    • Old Slovak: ledva, ledve, ledvo, ledvom, ledvy
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: lědba
      • Upper Sorbian: lědma

Further reading

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