Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jistъ

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

Etymology

Cognates include Latvian ĩsts.

Adjective

*jistъ

1. true, genuine

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: и́стый (ístyj)
  • Ukrainian: їсти́й (jistýj)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ист (ist)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: и̏сти̑

    Latin: ȉstī

  • Slovene: ȋsti
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: jistý
  • Old Polish: isty

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 215
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “и́стый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress