Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ěda

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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

Back-formation from *ědati. However, probably inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ēˀdā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁edéh₂ (food), from *h₁ed- (to eat). Compare Lithuanian ė́da (food), Latvian êdas f pl (feed) and Old Norse āta (feed, food).

Noun

*ěda f[1][2]

  1. food, feed

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *ѣда (*jěda)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: jȃda (dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ěda”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 38
  2. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1991), “ěda”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 6 (e! – ěždžь), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 116