Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/di
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editUnclear. Formally fits Proto-Indo-European *deyh₁- (“to impel, to chase”) whence archaic Latvian diet (“to dance”).
Interjection
edit*di[1]
- Exclamation for attracting attention: hey, oi (in Russian)
- Call for urging an animal to move (typically a horse or another harness stock): giddy up, go (in Bulgarian, Polish)
Alternative forms
edit- *dьji (as if imperative 2p. sg. form of hypothetical *diti)
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Polish: dzi (dialectal)
Further reading
edit- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ди, дий”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 380
- Anikin, A. E. (2019) “диба II”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 13 (два – дигло), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 351
- Anikin, A. E. (2019) “дига”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 13 (два – дигло), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 366
References
edit- ^ Anikin, A. E. (2019) “ди II”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 13 (два – дигло), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 340: “прасл. *di ― prasl. *di”