Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tъjьdьnь

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

From *tъ (“this, that”) +‎ *dьnь (“day”). Some descendants also contain *že. After 7 days the days of the week repeat. This form is preferred by the Catholic tribes, while the Orthodox tribes use the word for Sunday also for week.

Noun

*tъjьdьnь m

1. week

Declension

Declension of *tъjьdьnь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tъjьdьnь	*tъjьdьni	*tъjьdьnьje, *tъjьdьňe*
genitive	*tъjьdьni	*tъjьdьnьju, *tъjьdьňu*	*tъjьdьnьjь, *tъjьdьni*
dative	*tъjьdьni	*tъjьdьnьma	*tъjьdьnьmъ
accusative	*tъjьdьnь	*tъjьdьni	*tъjьdьni
instrumental	*tъjьdьnьmь	*tъjьdьnьma	*tъjьdьnьmi
locative	*tъjьdьni	*tъjьdьnьju, *tъjьdьňu*	*tъjьdьnьxъ
vocative	*tъjьdьni	*tъjьdьni	*tъjьdьnьje, *tъjьdьňe*

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

See also

• (days of the week) *dьne nedě̀ľę̇/tajegodьne; *ponedělъkъ/*ponedělьnikъ, *vъtorъkъ/*vъtorьnikъ, *serda, *četvьrtъkъ, *pętъkъ, *sǫbota, *neděľa ^{(Category: sla-pro:Days of the week)}

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: тꙑижьдьнь (tyižĭdĭnĭ), тꙑжьдьнь (tyžĭdĭnĭ)
    • Belarusian: ты́дзень (týdzjenʹ)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: ты́ждень (tŷ́ždenʹ)
    • Ukrainian: ти́ждень (týždenʹ)

• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: тје̏дан

    Latin script: tjȅdan, teden

  • Slovene: tẹ̑dən (tonal orthography)

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: týden
  • Kashubian: tidzéń
  • Polish: tydzień
  • Silesian: tydźyń
  • Slovak: týždeň
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: tydźeń
    • Lower Sorbian: tyźeń

References

vol=3 Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893–1912) “Proto-Slavic/tъjьdьnь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences

• Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “tydzień”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 588
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “тиждень”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka