Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/di

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/di. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/di, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/di in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/di you have here. The definition of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/di will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofReconstruction:Proto-Slavic/di, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
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

Unclear. Formally fits Proto-Indo-European *deyh₁- (to impel, to chase) whence archaic Latvian diet (to dance).

Interjection

*di[1]

  1. Exclamation for attracting attention: hey, oi (in Russian)
  2. Call for urging an animal to move (typically a horse or another harness stock): giddy up, go (in Bulgarian, Polish)

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: ди (di) (colloquial)
      • Russian: ди́ба (díba, call for evoking a poultry bird)
      • Russian: ди́га (díga, call for chasing away a poultry bird)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: dzi (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ди, дий”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 380
  • Anikin, A. E. (2019) “диба II”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 13 (два – дигло), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 351
  • Anikin, A. E. (2019) “дига”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 13 (два – дигло), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 366

References

  1. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2019) “ди II”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 13 (два – дигло), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 340:прасл. *diprasl. *di