Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žędati

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 *gendātei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰn̥dʰéti, from *gʷʰedʰ- (to yearn, to pray for) with a nasal infix. Cognate with Lithuanian pasigèsti (to miss) (1p. pres. pasigendù), further akin to Lithuanian gedáuti (to desire, to yearn), gedė́ti (to mourn).[1]

    Verb

    *žę̄dàti impf[1][2]

    1. to wish (in cardinal sense), to long for, to crave (in South, East Slavic)
      Synonyms: *želěti, *bažiti, *smažiti, *pražiti
    2. to demand, to request (in West Slavic)
      Synonyms: *jьskati, *prašati

    Inflection

    Derived terms

    • *žęděti (to crave, to yearn for) (ě/i-conj.)
    • *žędь (craving)
      • *žęditi (to cause thirst)
      • *žędьnъ (avid, greedy; thirsty)
      • *žędostь (thirst)
      • *žędovati (to crave)

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: жѧдати (žędati), жадати (žadati)
        • Old Ruthenian: жада́ти (žadáti); жеда́ти (žedáti), жода́ти (žodáti) (dialectal)
        • Russian: жада́ть (žadátʹ, to thirst for) (archaic or dialectal); cf. modern жа́ждать (žáždatʹ, to crave)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic: жѧдати (žędati)
      • Bulgarian: же́дам (žédam) (dialectal)
    • West Slavic:
      • Czech: žádat
      • Old Polish: żędać
      • Old Slovak: žiadať, žádať
        • Pannonian Rusyn: жадац (žadac)
        • Slovak: žiadať
      • Sorbian:
        • Upper Sorbian: žadać
        • Lower Sorbian: žedaś
    • Non-Slavic

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “жада́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жад”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 522

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*žę̄dàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 560:v. (b) ‘wish, desire’
    2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “žędati: žędjǫ žędjetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b begære, tørste (SA 210; PR 136)