Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dědъ

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

Per Derksen, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dēˀd-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁dʰos. Cognate with Lithuanian dė̃dė, dė̃dis (“uncle”), Latvian dȩ̀ds (“old man”), Ancient Greek τήθη (tḗthē, “grandmother”). Probably originally an onomatopoeia of babies' speech.

Noun

*dě̀dъ m

1. grandfather

Declension

Declension of *dě̀dъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dě̀dъ	*dě̀da	*dě̀di
genitive	*dě̀da	*dě̀du	*dě̀dъ
dative	*dě̀du	*dě̀doma	*dě̀domъ
accusative	*dě̀dъ	*dě̀da	*dě̀dy
instrumental	*dě̀dъmь, *dě̀domь*	*dě̀doma	*dě̀dȳ
locative	*dě̀dě	*dě̀du	*dě̀dě̄xъ
vocative	*dě̀de	*dě̀da	*dě̀di

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: дѣдъ (dědŭ)
    • Belarusian: дзед (dzjed)
    • Russian: дед (ded)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: дїдо (djido)
      • → Pannonian Rusyn: дїдо (djido)
    • Ukrainian: дід (did)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: дѣдъ (dědŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰴⱑⰴⱏ (dědŭ)

  • Bulgarian: дя́до (djádo)
  • Macedonian: де́до (dédo)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: дје̏д, де̏д

    Latin script: djȅd, dȅd, dȉd

  • Slovene: dẹ̑d, dȅd (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: děd
  • Polabian: ďodă
  • Polish: dziad, dziád (dialectal)
    • → Vilamovian: dziodek
  • Old Slovak: ded, deda, dedo
    • Slovak: dedo
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: źěd
    • Upper Sorbian: dźěd

• → Latgalian: dzeds
• → Livvi: diedʹoi
• → Yiddish: זיידע (zeyde), (Southern Yiddish, especially Vienna, Bratislava and surroundings, Eastern Hungary) דיידע (deyde)

See also

Proto-Slavic family terms

*sěmьja, *rodina (“family”)	Male	Female
parent	*otъ, *otьcь (“father”) nursery: *tata	*mati (“mother”) nursery: *mama
sibling	*bratrъ (“brother”)	*sestra (“sister”)
child	*synъ (“son”)	*dъťi (“daughter”)
grandparent	– (“grandfather”) nursery: *dědъ; *nana	*ova (“grandmother”) nursery: *baba; *nena
grandchild	*vъnukъ (“grandson”)	*vъnuka (“granddaughter”)
stepparent	*otьčimъ (“stepfather”)	*maťexa (“stepmother”)
stepchild	*pastorъkъ (“stepson”)	*pastorъka (“stepdaughter”)
father's sibling	*strъjь (“paternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola	– (“paternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja
mother's sibling	*ujь (“maternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola	– (“maternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja
sibling's child	*netьjь (“nephew”)	*nestera (“niece”)
spouse	*mǫžь (“husband”)	*žena (“wife”)
parent of wife	*tьstь (“father-in-law (wife's father)”)	*tьšča (“mother-in-law (wife's mother)”)
parent of husband	*svekrъ (“father-in-law (husband's father)”)	*svekry (“mother-in-law (husband's mother)”)
sibling of wife	*šurь (“brother-in-law (wife's brother)”)	*svěstь, *svьstь (“sister-in-law (wife's sister)”)
sibling of husband	*děverь (“brother-in-law (husband's brother)”)	*zъly (“sister-in-law (husband's sister)”)
spouse of child	*zętь (“son-in-law (daughter's husband)”)	*snъxa (“daughter-in-law (son's wife)”)
spouse of husband's brother	–	*ętry (“sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”)