Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zidъ

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

  • *zьdь

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źéidis,*źéidas, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (knead clay, coat with loam) via metathesis. Cognate with Old Prussian seydis. (i.e zeydis, with s due to German orthography).

Noun

*zidъ m

  1. wall

Declension

Declension of *zidъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *zidъ *zida *zidi
genitive *zida *zidu *zidъ
dative *zidu *zidoma *zidomъ
accusative *zidъ *zida *zidy
instrumental *zidъmь, *zidomь* *zidoma *zidy
locative *zidě *zidu *ziděxъ
vocative *zide *zida *zidi

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

  • *zьdati (build)
  • *zidařь (builder)

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: зъдъ (zŭdŭ), зьдъ (zĭdŭ),[1] зьдь (zĭdĭ)[1]
    • Bulgarian: зид (zid), дзид (dzid) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: ѕид (dzid)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: зи̑д, за̑д; ѕьд (Torlakian dialects)
      Latin script: zȋd, zȃd
      • Chakavian (Vrgada): zȋd
      • Chakavian (): zȋd
    • Slovene: zȋd (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: zed
    • Kashubian: zyd
  • Non-Slavic:
    • Albanian: zid
    • Romanian: zid

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 544
  1. 1.0 1.1 J. Kurz, A. Dostal, M. Sterbova. (1958) Slovník jazyka staroslověnského: Lexicon linguae paleoslovenicae.