Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/serda
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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 *śerd-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-. Cognate with Lithuanian šerdìs (“core, kernel, pith”). For the sense "middle of the week", compare German Mittwoch.
Noun
*serdà f
Declension
Declension of *serdà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *serdà | *sȇrdě | *sȇrdy |
| genitive | *serdý | *serdù | *sẽrdъ |
| dative | *serdě̀ | *serdàma | *serdàmъ |
| accusative | *sȇrdǫ | *sȇrdě | *sȇrdy |
| instrumental | *serdojǫ́ | *serdàma | *serdàmi |
| locative | *sȇrdě | *serdù | *serdàsъ, *serdàxъ* |
| vocative | *serdo | *sȇrdě | *sȇrdy |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
See also
| Days of the week in Proto-Slavic · *dьne nedě̀ľę̇/tajegodьne (layout · text) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *neděľa | *ponedělъkъ *ponedělьnikъ |
*vъtorъkъ *vъtorьnikъ |
*serda | *četvьrtъkъ | *pętъkъ | *sǫbota |
Derived terms
- *serdъkъ (“middle, center”) (noun)
- *oserdъkъ (“middle, center”)
- *serdъkovъ (“middle, center”) (adjective)
- *serdьňь (“middle, central”)
Related terms
- *sьrdьce (“heart”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: szerda
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “середа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress