Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьrьcь

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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 *žьrti (to sacrifice) +‎ *-ьcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *girʔ-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-.

Noun

*žьrьcь m

  1. priest

Declension

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: жре́ц (žréc)
    • Ukrainian: жре́ць (žrécʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: жрьць (žrĭcĭ)
      Glagolitic script:
    • Bulgarian: жрец (žrec)
  • West Slavic:

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 567
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жрец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress