Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьlděti

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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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gil̃dḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾l̥dʰ-éh₁ye-ti, from the root *gʷeldʰ- (to be greedy, hungry).

Verb

*žьlděti

  1. to desire
    Synonyms: *bagati, *bažiti, *pragnǫti

Conjugation

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: жлъдѣти (žlŭděti)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: жу́дјети
      Latin script: žúdjeti

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  • Pokorny (1959), page 434