Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dъždžь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Uncertain; possibly from:

• *dusdjos, from Proto-Indo-European *dus-dyu-, a compound of *dus- (“bad”) +‎ dyu- (“sky”); compare Sanskrit दुर्दिन (durdina, “rain, shower”), Ancient Greek εὐδία (eudía, “fair weather”)
• *duzgjo- : *duskjos / *dustjos; compare Lithuanian duzgė́ti

Noun

*dъ̀ždžь m

1. rain

Declension

Declension of *dъ̀ždžь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*dъ̀ždžь	*dъždžà	*dъždžì
Accusative	*dъ̀ždžь	*dъždžà	*dъždžę̇̀
Genitive	*dъždžà	*dъždžù	*dъ̀ždžь
Locative	*dъždžì	*dъždžù	*dъ̀ždžixъ
Dative	*dъždžù	*dъždžèma	*dъ̀ždžemъ
Instrumental	*dъždžь̀mь, *dъždžèmь*	*dъždžèma	*dъ̀ždži
Vocative	*dъždžu	*dъždžà	*dъždžì

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *dъždževica
• *dъždževъ
• *dъždževьnica
• *dъždževьnikъ

• *dъždžiti
• *dъždživъ
• *dъždžьnъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: дъжгь (dŭžgĭ), дъжчь (dŭžčĭ), дъждь (dŭždĭ)
    • Belarusian: дождж (doždž)
    • Russian: дождь (doždʹ)
    • Rusyn: додж (dodž)
    • Ukrainian: дощ (došč)
  • Old Novgorodian: дожгь (dožgĭ) (Old Pskovian)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: дъждь (dŭždĭ)

    Glagolitic: ⰴⱏⰶⰴⱐ (dŭždĭ)

  • Bulgarian: дъжд (dǎžd)
  • Macedonian: дожд (dožd)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic (Dubrovnik): да̏жд

    Latin (Dubrovnik): dȁžd

    • Chakavian (Prčanj): dȁžd
    • Chakavian (Vrgada): dȁž
    • Chakavian (Orbanići): dãš
    • Kajkavian: dežđ
  • Slovene: də̏ž (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: déšč
    • Czech: déšť, dešť
  • Kashubian: deszcz
  • Polabian: dåzd
  • Old Polish: deżdż
    • Polish: deszcz
  • Slovak: dážď
  • Slovincian: dẽi̯šč
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: dešć
    • Lower Sorbian: dešć

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dъždžь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 5: (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 195
• Chernykh, Pavel (1999), “дождь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russian Language, page 256
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дождь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress