Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žica

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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

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Etymology

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Mostly likely from Proto-Indo-European *gʷiH- + *-ka[1] (unless contracted from an earlier *žitьca[1]). Akin to Lithuanian gijà (thread (in warp)), Latvian dzija (thread) within Balto-Slavic and further related to Sanskrit जिया (jiyā), ज्या (jyā, bowstring), Avestan 𐬘𐬌𐬌𐬁 (jiiā), Old Persian [script needed] (ǰiyā), Welsh gïau (nerves, sinew), Ancient Greek βιός (biós, bowstring).

Noun

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*žìca f[2][1]

  1. thread, wire

Inflection

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Derived terms

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  • *žikati (to lash, to prod)
  • *žila (vein, sinew, tendon) (possibly)
  • *žima, *žiňa (strand, yarn (of hair)) (possibly)

Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: жи́ца (žíca)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жихать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 549
  • gija”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Snoj, Marko (2016) “žica”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *ži̋ca
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žìca”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561