Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ězda
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editProbably from an earlier *ědda, from the present stem *ěd- of *ěxati (“to go, ride”) + a suffix *-da.[1][2]
Noun
edit*ězda f
Inflection
editDeclension of *ězda (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *ězda | *ězdě | *ězdy |
genitive | *ězdy | *ězdu | *ězdъ |
dative | *ězdě | *ězdama | *ězdamъ |
accusative | *ězdǫ | *ězdě | *ězdy |
instrumental | *ězdojǫ, *ězdǫ** | *ězdama | *ězdami |
locative | *ězdě | *ězdu | *ězdasъ, *ězdaxъ* |
vocative | *ězdo | *ězdě | *ězdy |
* -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.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Derived terms
edit- *ězditi (“to ride”)
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
edit- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ězda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 154
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “езда́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress