Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъdy

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

Pronoun

*kъdy

1. (West and South Slavic, interrogative) Alternative form of *kъda (“when?”)
2. (West and South Slavic, indefinite) Alternative form of *kъda (“whenever”)

Conjunction

*kъdy

1. (West and South Slavic, relative) Alternative form of *kъda (“when”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: kadi

    Cyrillic script: кади

• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: gdë
  • Old Czech: kdy
    • Czech: kdy
  • Old Polish: gdy, kdy
    • Masurian: gdi
    • Polish: gdy, kdy, hdy
    • Silesian: gdy, dy
  • Slovak: kedy, (dialectal) kedi, kodi, kod
    • ⇒ Slovak: keď
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: gdy, dy, (dated) kedy
    • Upper Sorbian: hdy

References

Further reading

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “gdy”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 158
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “gdy”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 417, page 1
• Sławski, Franciszek (1952–1956) “gdy”, in Kazimierz Nitsch, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes I: A—J, Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego, page 270
• Machek, Václav (1968) “kdy”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 248
• Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “kdy”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 279
• Králik, Ľubor (2016) “keď”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 263