Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žerti

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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 1

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gerˀtei (devour), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷérh₃-ti ~ *gʷr̥h₃-énti, from *gʷerh₃- (to devour, swallow). Cognate with Lithuanian gerti (to drink), Latvian dzer̂t (to drink). Further related to Old English acworren, Proto-Germanic *kwerraną (devour), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭- (gar-, swallow up), Old Armenian կերի (keri, I ate), Ancient Greek βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō, eat up), βορά (borá, food), Latin vorō (I devour), Sanskrit गिरति (giráti, devour).

Verb

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*žèrti impf[1][2][3][4]

  1. to devour, glut
Conjugation
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Alternative forms
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  • *žьrati (later variant, based on present stem)
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Further reading
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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жрать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Skok, Petar (1973) “Proto-Slavic/žerti”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 3 (poni² – Ž), Zagreb: JAZU, page 673
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “же́рти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žerti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 559
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “gerti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 172:*žèrti
  3. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “¹žerti (žьrti): žьrǫ (žerǫ) žьretь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c æde (SA 203, 235, 251; PR 139)
  4. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “žrẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*že̋rti

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-.

Verb

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*žerti impf

  1. Alternative form of *žьrti
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • South Slavic:
Further reading
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  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жрея”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 554