Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьdati

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited or (at least) based on Proto-Balto-Slavic *géistei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeydʰ-. Cognate with Lithuanian geĩsti (to desire) (ye-present), Old Prussian gēide ([they] wait) and related to Latvian gàidît (to wait), Proto-West Germanic *gīdisōn (to be greedy).

Majer presumes origin ultimatly from a proto-medial voice *gʰidʰ-ó(r) ~ *gʰidʰ-ró(r).[1]

Verb[edit]

*žьdàti impf[2][3][4]

  1. to wait
    Synonym: *čakati
  2. to await, to expect

Alternative forms[edit]

Conjugation[edit]

  • Iterative stem: *-židati

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ждать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жъда, жда”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 562
  • geisti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References[edit]

  1. ^ Majer, Marek (2012) “An archaic Indo-European verbal form in the Slavic generalizing particle *-žьdo?”, in The Indo-European Verb. Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert, pages 225-234
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žьdàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 565:v. (c) ‘wait, await’
  3. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “žьdati: žьdǫ (židǫ) žьdetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c vente (PR 139)
  4. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “ždẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:slovan. *žьda̋ti, sed. *židǫ