Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ěďa

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ěďa

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 *ěda/*ědъ/*ědь (“food”) +‎ *-ja or *ě̀sti (“to eat”) +‎ *-ja. According to Trubachyov: inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ḗˀdjāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édyeh₂ (“food related, edible”), from *h₁ed- (“to eat”). Compare Lithuanian ė́džia (“horse food”) and Sanskrit अद्य (ādyá, “edible”), Latin inedia (“fasting”).

Noun

*ě̀ďa f[1][2]

1. eating, eating activity
2. what is eaten, food, nourishment

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: е́жа (jéža)
  • Ukrainian: ї́жа (jíža); є́жа (jéža) (dialectal)
  • Russian: е́жа (jéža) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Church Slavonic: ꙗжда (jažda)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: је̏ђа, језа (dialectal)

    Latin: jȅđa, jeza (dialectal)

  • Slovene: jéja (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • ⇒ Czech: objeza, objedza (dialectal)
  • Old Polish: jedza
    • Polish: jedza (dialectal)
  • Slovak: jedza (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Slovak: objedza
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: jěza

References

1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ědja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 40
2. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1991), “ěďa”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 6 (e! – ěždžь), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, →ISBN, page 129

Further reading

• Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “е́жа”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika