Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žędati

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 *gendātei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰn̥dʰéti, from *gʷʰedʰ- (“to yearn, to pray for”) with a nasal infix. Cognate with Lithuanian pasigèsti (“to miss”) (1p. pres. pasigendù), further akin to Lithuanian gedáuti (“to desire, to yearn”), gedė́ti (“to mourn”).

*žę̄dàti impf^[1][2]

1. to wish (in cardinal sense), to long for, to crave (in South, East Slavic)

   Synonyms: *želěti, *bažiti, *smažiti, *pražiti

2. to demand, to request (in West Slavic)

   Synonyms: *jьskati, *prašati

• *žęďa (“wish, desire; thirst”)

• *žęděti (“to crave, to yearn for”) (ě/i-conj.)
• *žędь (“craving”)
  • *žęditi (“to cause thirst”)
  • *žędovati (“to crave”)
  • *žędostь (“thirst”)
  • *žędьnъ (“avid, greedy; thirsty”)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: жѧдати (žędati), жадати (žadati)
    • Old Ruthenian: жада́ти (žadáti); жеда́ти (žedáti), жода́ти (žodáti) (dialectal)
      • Belarusian: жада́ць (žadácʹ)
      • Ukrainian: жада́ти (žadáty); жєда́ти (žjedáty) (dialectal)
    • Russian: жада́ть (žadátʹ, “to thirst for”) (archaic or dialectal); cf. modern жа́ждать (žáždatʹ, “to crave”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: жѧдати (žędati)
  • Bulgarian: же́дам (žédam) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: žádat
  • Old Polish: żędać
    • Polish: żądać
  • Slovak: žiadať
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: žadać
    • Lower Sorbian: žedaś

• Non-Slavic
  • → Romanian: jindui

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жада́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• 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