Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zidъ

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.

• *zьdь

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źéidis,*źéidas, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“knead clay, coat with loam”) via metathesis. Cognate with Old Prussian seydis. (i.e zeydis, with s due to German orthography).

*zidъ m

1. wall

• *zьdati (“build”)
• *zidařь (“builder”)

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: зъдъ (zŭdŭ), зьдъ (zĭdŭ),^[1] зьдь (zĭdĭ)^[1]
  • Bulgarian: зид (zid), дзид (dzid) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: ѕид (dzid)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: зи̑д, за̑д; ѕьд (Torlakian dialects)

    Latin script: zȋd, zȃd

    • Chakavian (Vrgada): zȋd
    • Chakavian (Iž): zȋd
  • Slovene: zȋd (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: zed
    • Czech: zeď
  • Kashubian: zyd

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Albanian: zid
  • → Romanian: zid

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 544