Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/radi

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 edit

Etymology edit

Probably an Iranian borrowing; compare Old Persian 𐎼𐎠𐎮𐎡𐎹 (r-a-di-i-y /⁠rādiy⁠/, on the account of). Descended from the Proto-Indo-European root *r̥ / *rō / *rō-dʰi, for (enclitic), "for the purpose of", Ved. r̥ and OCS ради.

Postposition edit

*radi[1]

  1. for the sake of

See also edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*radi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 432:postp. ‘for the sake of ’

Further reading edit