Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gręda

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *grindā́ˀ (“beam; post”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrn̥dʰ-éh₂, from *gʰrendʰ- (“post, beam”).

Noun

*grędà f

1. garden bed
2. beam

Inflection

Declension of *grędà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*grędà	*grę̑dě	*grę̑dy
genitive	*grędý	*grędù	*grę̃dъ
dative	*grędě̀	*grędàma	*grędàmъ
accusative	*grę̑dǫ	*grę̑dě	*grę̑dy
instrumental	*grędojǫ́	*grędàma	*grędàmi
locative	*grę̑dě	*grędù	*grędàsъ, *grędàxъ*
vocative	*grędo	*grę̑dě	*grę̑dy

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.

Alternative forms

• *grę̑dь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: грѧда́ (grędá)
    • Old Ruthenian: грѧда́ (hrjadá), града́ (hradá), греда́ (hredá), кгреда́ (gredá)
      • Belarusian: града́ (hradá)
      • Ukrainian: гряда́ (hrjadá)
    • Russian: гряда́ (grjadá, “garden bed (dialectal); ridge”)
      • ⇒ Russian: гря́дка (grjádka, “garden bed”)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: греда́ (gredá, “beam”), гре́нда (grénda) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: греда (greda, “beam”)
  • Serbo-Croatian: (“beam”)

    Cyrillic script: гре́да

    Latin script: gréda

  • Slovene: gréda, grẹ̑d (“beam; garden bed”) (tonal orthography)
    • ⇒ Slovene: gredíca (“garden bed”)
  • → Hungarian: gerenda (“beam”)
  • → Romanian: grindă (“beam”)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: hřada
    • Czech: hřada
  • Polabian: gŕǫdă
  • Polish: grzęda (“perch, roost; garden bed”)
  • Slovak: hrada