-ед

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Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From есть (jestʹ, to eat), Proto-Slavic *ěsti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ēˀstei, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti.

Suffix

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-ед (-ed)

  1. Suffix added to stems to show that it eats something; an eater.
    мя́со (mjáso, meat) + ‎-ед (-ed) → ‎мясое́д (mjasojéd, carnivore, meat-eater)
    мёд (mjod, honey) + ‎-ед (-ed) → ‎медое́д (medojéd, honey badger)

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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