Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/raditi

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 *rā́ˀdīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂roh₁dʰéyeti, from *h₂reh₁-dʰh₁- (“to think about, ponder; to put in order, arrange”).

Per Vasmer, cognate with Sanskrit राध्यति (rā́dhyati), राध्नोति (rādhnóti, “to succeed, to cope”), राध्यते (rā́dhyate, “to succeed”), राधयति (rādhayati, “to commit”), Avestan 𐬭𐬁𐬜𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (rāδaⁱti, “to correct”), 𐬭𐬁𐬛𐬀 (rāda, “trustee”), Ossetian рад (rad, “order, row”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌽 (garēdan, “to foresee”), Old Saxon rādan (“to advise, to plan”), English read, as well as Gothic 𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (rōdjan, “to speak”), Lithuanian ródyti (“to show”), Old Irish imm·rádim (“to ponder”).

*raditi

1. to care about, to heed

• *roditi (“to give birth, bear”)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: радити (raditi, “to care about”)
    • Belarusian: радзе́ць (radzjécʹ, “to carry out a rite”)
    • Russian: раде́ть (radétʹ, “to take care of, to carry out a rite”), ради́ть (radítʹ, “to take care of”) (Vologda dialectal), ра́дить (ráditʹ, “to advise”) (Pskov dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: ра́дити (rádyty, “to advise”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: радити (raditi, “to care about”)

    Glagolitic script: ⱃⰰⰴⰹⱅⰹ (raditi)

  • Bulgarian: раде́я (radéja, “to care about, to attempt”) (literary), радя́ (radjá) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ра́дити (“to work, to do”)

    Latin script: ráditi (“to work, to do”)

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: radit (“to advise, confer, consult”)
  • Kashubian: radzëc (“to advise, cope, deal with, remedy, consult”)
  • Old Polish: radzić (“to advise”)
    • Polish: radzić (“to advise, cope, deal with, remedy, consult”)

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “раде́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 93
• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*raditi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 432
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “раде́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress