Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/roditi

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 1 edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *radeitei / *radi-. Cognate with Latvian radît (to give birth to, to create). Further connections unclear:

  • Derksen doesn't see any obvious connections outside of Balto-Slavic.
  • Rix (LIV) reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *(H)rodʰ-eye-ti, a causative from a putative root *(H)rodʰ-.
  • Connections with Sanskrit वर्धते (várdhate, to grow, to thrive) are often suggested as well, although these are formally difficult because irregular loss of *-w- must occur.

Verb edit

*rodìti[1]

  1. to give birth, to bear
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Further reading edit
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “роди́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “рожа́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 119
  • Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN

Etymology 2 edit

See *raditi.

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Verb edit

*roditi[2]

  1. to care about, to heed
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  • *raditi (to care about, to heed)
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References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*rodìti I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 437:v. ‘give birth, bear (fruit)’
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*roditi II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 437:v. ‘care (about), heed’