Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ědivo

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *ḗˀstei

Proto-Slavic *ěsti

Proto-Indo-European *-wósder.

Proto-Slavic *-ivo

Proto-Slavic *ědivo

From *ěsti + *-ivo.

Noun

*ědivo n

1. food, comestibles

   Synonyms: *ěstivo, *ědlo

Inflection

Declension of *ědivo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ědivo	*ědivě	*ědiva
genitive	*ědiva	*ědivu	*ědivъ
dative	*ědivu	*ědivoma	*ědivomъ
accusative	*ědivo	*ědivě	*ědiva
instrumental	*ědivъmь, *ědivomь*	*ědivoma	*ědivy
locative	*ědivě	*ědivu	*ědivěxъ
vocative	*ědivo	*ědivě	*ědiva

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ꙗдиво (jadivo)
    • Russian: е́дево (jédevo)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: яди́во (jadívo) (obsolete)
  • Serbo-Croatian: је̏ди̑во
  • Slovene: jedȋvo
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: jedzivo, jezivo (dialectal)
  • Old Polish: jedziwo
  • Slovak: jedivo

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ědivo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 40