Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ěda

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

Back-formation from *ědati. However, probably inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ēˀdā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁edéh₂ (“food”), from *h₁ed- (“to eat”). Compare Lithuanian ė́da (“food”), Latvian êdas f pl (“feed”) and Old Norse āta (“feed, food”).

Noun

*ěda f^[1]^[2]

food, feed

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *ѣда (*ěda)
  - Middle Russian: ѣда́ (jědá)
    - Russian: еда́ (jedá)
  - Old Ruthenian: ѣда́ (jědá)
    - Belarusian: яда́ (jadá)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: їда́ (jidá)
    - Ukrainian: їда́ (jidá)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: я́да́ (jádá) (obsolete)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ја̑да
  
  Latin script: jȃda
West Slavic:
- Polish: jȃda (dialectal)

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ěda”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 38
^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1991), “ěda”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 6 (e! – ěždžь), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 116

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ěda”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 38

[2] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1991), “ěda”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 6 (e! – ěždžь), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 116

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