Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žęděti

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.

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gedḗˀtei, an essive of Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ- (“to yearn, to pray for”). Nasal infix apparently influenced by synonymous *žędati. Cognate with Lithuanian gedė́ti (“to mourn”).

*žęděti impf

1. to crave, to yearn, to long for

   Synonyms: *vъzželěti, *bažiti, *bel(e)novati

• *žędati (“to wish, to demand”) (a/j-conj.)
• *žęďa (“wish, desire; thirst”)
• *žędь (“craving”)
  • *žęditi (“to cause thirst”)
  • *žędovati (“to crave”)
  • *žędostь (“thirst”)
  • *žędьnъ (“avid, greedy; thirsty”)

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: жѧдѣти (žęděti)
  • Bulgarian: же́дя (žédja), жаждя́ (žaždjá) (dialectal)

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жад”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 522
• “gedėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė, 2007–2012