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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ědъ

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 Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (to eat). Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyd- (to swell), in which case cognate to Ancient Greek οἶδος (oîdos, swelling, tumour) and Proto-Germanic *aitrą (poison, puss).

Noun

*ědъ m

  1. poison, venom
  2. (figurative) malice

Inflection

Derived terms

adjective
  • *ědovitъ
nouns

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ѣдъ (ědŭ), ꙗдъ (jadŭ)
      • Belarusian: яд (jad)
      • Russian: яд (jad)
      • Ukrainian: їд (jid) (obsolete)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: ꙗдъ (jadŭ)
    • Bulgarian: яд (jad)
    • Macedonian:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Slovene: jâd (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: jěd
    • Kashubian: jôd
    • Old Polish: jad
    • Slovak: jed
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: jěd
      • Upper Sorbian: jěd
  • Non-Slavic:
    • Komi-Zyrian: яд (jad)
    • Eastern Mari: яд (jad)
    • Udmurt: яд (jad)

Further reading

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