Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zidъ
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
Declension
| 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.
Related terms
- *zьdati (“build”)
- *zidařь (“builder”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 544