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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zajьvъ

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

Formed as *zaj- + *-ьvъ.[1] Further from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źāˀj-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂ōy-, from *ǵʰeh₂-.[2][3] An isolated Ukrainian formation, but it is of PIE origin. Perhaps the closest cognate is Ukrainian зойк (zojk, scream; moan) and зя́яти (zjájaty), зія́ти (zijáty, to gape, to be wide open). Per Melnychuk, of unknown origin.[4]

Adjective

*zàjьvъ[1]

  1. superfluous, redundant, supervacaneous

Declension

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰeh₂-‎ (0 c, 13 e)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *заивъ (*zaivŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: *за́йвый (*zájvyj)
        • Ukrainian: за́йвий (zájvyj)
          • Russian: за́ивый (záivyj), за́евый (zájevyj) (Kursk, Voronezh dialects)
            • Russian: зайви́ч (zajvíč) (Voronezh dialects)

References

  1. Shevelov, George Y. (2002) Vakulenko S., Danylenko A., transl., Історична фонологія української мови [A Historical Phonology of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kharkiv: Acta, →ISBN, page 326:*zaj-ьv-ъ*zaj-ʹv-
  2. Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “за́йвий”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 426
  3. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “g̑hē-, g̑hēi-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 418
  4. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “за́йви́й”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 225

Further reading

  • Anikin, A. E. (2023) “за́ивый”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 17 (жихарь I – засьюндывать), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 219
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