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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zętь

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-Balto-Slavic *źénˀtas, *źénˀtis. A derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (to produce, give birth) (cf. *ǵénh₁tis (birth, production)) or Proto-Indo-European *ǵemH- (to marry) + *-tь. Akin to Lithuanian žéntas (son-in-law), Latvian znots (son-in-law), Sanskrit ज्ञाति (jñāti, kinsman, relative), possibly Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ā́mātā (son-in-law).

Noun

*zę̀tь m

  1. son-in-law

Declension

See also

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: зѧть (zętĭ)
    • Old Novgorodian: ꙁѧте (zęte)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: зѧть (zętĭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰸⱔⱅⱐ (zętĭ)
    • Bulgarian: зет (zet), зент (zent) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: зет (zet)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: зе̏т
      Latin script: zȅt
    • Slovene: zȅt (tonal orthography)
      • Rovte dialect (Črni vrh, Idrija): zȩ̑t
  • West Slavic:
  • Samic:
    • Kildin Sami: зя̄һтҍ (zeaht’)
    • Skolt Sami: zeeʹtt

Further reading

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