Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zidъ

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

Alternative forms

• *zьdь

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źéidis,*źéidas, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“knead clay, coat with loam”) via metathesis. Cognate with Old Prussian seydis. (i.e zeydis, with s due to German orthography).

Noun

*zidъ m

1. wall

Declension

Declension of *zidъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zidъ	*zida	*zidi
genitive	*zida	*zidu	*zidъ
dative	*zidu	*zidoma	*zidomъ
accusative	*zidъ	*zida	*zidy
instrumental	*zidъmь, *zidomь*	*zidoma	*zidy
locative	*zidě	*zidu	*ziděxъ
vocative	*zide	*zida	*zidi

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

Related terms

• *zьdati (“build”)
• *zidařь (“builder”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: зъдъ (zŭdŭ), зьдъ (zĭdŭ), зьдь (zĭdĭ)
  • Bulgarian: зид (zid), дзид (dzid) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: ѕид (dzid)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: зи̑д, за̑д; ѕьд (Torlakian dialects)

    Latin script: zȋd, zȃd

    • Chakavian (Vrgada): zȋd
    • Chakavian (Iž): zȋd
  • Slovene: zȋd (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: zeď
  • Kashubian: zyd

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Albanian: zid
  • → Romanian: zid

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 544