Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zadъ

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.

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰed-. Akin to Albanian dhjes (“to mess up”), Ancient Greek χέζω (khézō, “I defecate”), χόδᾰνος (khódănos, “buttocks”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬜𐬀𐬲 (haδaž, “anus”), 𐬰𐬀𐬛𐬀𐬵 (zadah, “rump”), Old Armenian ձետ (jet, “tail, penis”), Sanskrit हदति (hadati, “to evacuate, discharge excrement”). Also analyzable as *za +‎ *-dъ.

*zadъ m

1. back, rear, rump

   Synonyms: *kuprъ, *tylъ

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: задъ (zadŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: задъ (zad)
      • Belarusian: зад (zad)
      • Ukrainian: зад (zad)
    • Russian: зад (zad)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: зади (zadi)

  • Bulgarian: зад (zad)
  • Macedonian: зад (zad)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: за̑д

    Latin script: zȃd

    • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:

      Cyrillic script: за̏дак

      Latin script: zȁdak

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: záda
  • Old Polish: zad
    • Polish: zad
  • Slovak: zad
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: zad

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зад”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• The template Template:R:be:ESBM does not use the parameter(s):

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  Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “зад”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika