Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьrzati

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

Alternative forms

  • *jьrgati

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic *irź-, *irg-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r̥ǵʰ-, from *h₁órǵʰis (“testicle”).[1][2][3][4][5] Compare Sanskrit ऋघाय (ṛghāya), ऋघायति (ṛghāyati, “to be passionate”), Lithuanian er̃žilas, ar̃žilas (“stallion”), aržùs (“hot-tempered, lustful”), Latvian ērzelis (“stallion”).

Verb

*jьrzati

  1. to fornicate, to be lewd, to be raunchy, to commit adultery
    1. to move back and forth (imitation of movements during sex)
nouns

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: (early) *ирзати (*irzati), (late) *ѥрзати (*jerzati)
      • Belarusian: ёрзаць (jórzacʹ), ёрзацца (jórzacca)
        • ⇒ Belarusian: ёрза (jórza)
      • Middle Russian: ерзати (jerzati) (1700s)
        • Russian: ёрзать (jórzatʹ); е́рза́ть (jérzátʹ), ёрзаться (jórzatʹsja) (dialectal); ёргать (jórgatʹ), ерга́ть (jergátʹ) (dialectal)
          • ⇒ Russian: ёрза (jórza); ёрга (jórga)
          • → Ukrainian: йо́рзати (jórzaty)
      • ⇒ Middle Russian: ерзнути (jerznuti) (1600s)
        • Russian: ёрзнуть (jórznutʹ), ерзну́ть (jerznútʹ) (dialectal); ергану́ть (jerganútʹ) (dialectal)
      • ⇒ Middle Russian: ирзе́вка (irzévka, “street of obscene-brothels”) (1618-1619)
      • ⇒ Middle Russian: Ерзунъ (Jerzun), Ерзуновъ (Jerzunov) (1495), Ерзикъ (Jerzik) (1594)
      • ⇒ Russian: ёрзун (jórzun), ерзу́н (jerzún, “lover of courting women, libertine, debauchee”); ⇒ ёрзунья (jórzunʹja, “harlot, prostitute”)
      • Ukrainian: єрзати (jerzaty) (obsolete)

References

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 184
  2. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 505
  3. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2022) “ё́рзать”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 16 (ерепениться – житьё), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 24
  4. ^ Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “ёрзать”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 285
  5. ^ Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “ёрзать”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 260

Further reading

  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “йо́рзати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  • Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “ёрзаць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1973), “ёрзать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 5 (Д, Е, Ж), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 262
  • Vasmer, Max (1967) “ёрзать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 24
  • Preobrazhensky, A. G. (1910–1914) “ё́рзать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – О), numbers 1–9, Moscow: G. Lissner & D. Sobko Publishing House, page 216
  • Anikin, A. E. (2021) “ё́ргать”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 15 (друг – еренга), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 368
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