Per Derksen, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dēˀd-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁dʰ-. Cognate with Lithuanian dė̃dė, dė̃dis (“uncle”), Latvian dȩ̀ds (“old man”), Ancient Greek τήθη (tḗthē, “grandmother”). Perhaps originally an onomatopoeia of babies' speech.
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *dě̀dъ | *dě̀da | *dě̀di |
genitive | *dě̀da | *dě̀du | *dě̀dъ |
dative | *dě̀du | *dě̀doma | *dě̀domъ |
accusative | *dě̀dъ | *dě̀da | *dě̀dy |
instrumental | *dě̀dъmь, *dě̀domь* | *dě̀doma | *dě̀dȳ |
locative | *dě̀dě | *dě̀du | *dě̀dě̄xъ |
vocative | *dě̀de | *dě̀da | *dě̀di |
*sěmьja, *rodina (“family”) | Male | Female |
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parent | *otъ, *otьcь (“father”) nursery: *tata |
*mati (“mother”) nursery: *mama |
sibling | *bratrъ (“brother”) | *sestra (“sister”) |
child | *synъ (“son”) | *dъťi (“daughter”) |
grandparent | – (“grandfather”) nursery: *dědъ; *nana |
*ova (“grandmother”) nursery: *baba; *nena |
grandchild | *vъnukъ (“grandson”) | *vъnuka (“granddaughter”) |
stepparent | *otьčimъ (“stepfather”) | *maťexa (“stepmother”) |
stepchild | *pastorъkъ (“stepson”) | *pastorъka (“stepdaughter”) |
father's sibling | *strъjь (“paternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola |
– (“paternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja |
mother's sibling | *ujь (“maternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola |
– (“maternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja |
sibling's child | *netьjь (“nephew”) | *nestera (“niece”) |
spouse | *mǫžь (“husband”) | *žena (“wife”) |
parent of wife | *tьstь (“father-in-law (wife's father)”) | *tьšča (“mother-in-law (wife's mother)”) |
parent of husband | *svekrъ (“father-in-law (husband's father)”) | *svekry (“mother-in-law (husband's father)”) |
sibling of wife | *šurь (“brother-in-law (wife's brother)”) | *svěstь, *svьstь (“sister-in-law (wife's sister)”) |
sibling of husband | *děverь (“brother-in-law (husband's brother)”) | *zъly (“sister-in-law (husband's sister)”) |
spouse of child | *zętь (“son-in-law (daughter's husband)”) | *snъxa (“daughter-in-law (son's wife)”) |
spouse of husband's brother | – | *ętry (“sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”) |