Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/radi
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Possibly a Iranian borrowing; compare Old Persian 𐎼𐎠𐎮𐎡𐎹 (r-a-di-i-y /rādiy/, “on the account of”).
Postposition
*radi[1]
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*radi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 432: “postp. ‘for the sake of ’”