Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dědъ

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

Per Derksen, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dēˀd-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁dʰos. Cognate with Lithuanian dė̃dė, dė̃dis (“uncle”), Latvian dȩ̀ds (“old man”), Ancient Greek τήθη (tḗthē, “grandmother”).^[1] Probably originally an onomatopoeia of babies' speech.

Noun

*dě̀dъ m^[1]^[2]

grandfather

Declension

Declension of *dě̀dъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dě̀dъ	*dě̀da	*dě̀di
genitive	*dě̀da	*dě̀du	*dě̀dъ
dative	*dě̀du	*dě̀doma	*dě̀domъ
accusative	*dě̀dъ	*dě̀da	*dě̀dy
instrumental	dě̀dъmь, dě̀domь^*	*dě̀doma	*dě̀dȳ
locative	*dě̀dě	*dě̀du	*dě̀dě̄xъ
vocative	*dě̀de	*dě̀da	*dě̀di

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: дѣдъ (dědŭ)
  - Belarusian: дзед (dzjed)
  - Russian: дед (ded)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: дїдо (djido)
    - → Pannonian Rusyn: дїдо (djido)
  - Ukrainian: дід (did)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: дѣдъ (dědŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰴⱑⰴⱏ (dědŭ)
- Bulgarian: дя́до (djádo)
- Macedonian: де́до (dédo)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: дје̏д, де̏д
  
  Latin script: djȅd, dȅd, dȉd
- Slovene: dẹ̑d, dȅd (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: děd
- Polabian: ďodă
- Polish: dziad, dziád (dialectal)
  - → Vilamovian: dziodek
- Old Slovak: ded, deda, dedo
  - Slovak: dedo
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: źěd
  - Upper Sorbian: dźěd

→ Latgalian: dzeds
→ Livvi: diedʹoi
→ Yiddish: זיידע (zeyde), (Southern Yiddish, especially Vienna, Bratislava and surroundings, Eastern Hungary^[3]) דיידע (deyde)

sěmьja, rodina (“family”)	Male	Female
parent	otъ, otьcь (“father”) nursery: *tata	mati (“mother”) nursery:* *mama
sibling	*bratrъ (“brother”)	*sestra (“sister”)
child	*synъ (“son”)	*dъťi (“daughter”)
grandparent	– (“grandfather”) nursery: dědъ; nana	ova (“grandmother”) nursery:* baba; nena
grandchild	*vъnukъ (“grandson”)	*vъnuka (“granddaughter”)
stepparent	*otьčimъ (“stepfather”)	*maťexa (“stepmother”)
stepchild	*pastorъkъ (“stepson”)	*pastorъka (“stepdaughter”)
father's sibling	strъjь (“paternal uncle”) nursery:* dada; lola	– (“paternal aunt”) nursery: teta; lelja
mother's sibling	ujь (“maternal uncle”) nursery:* dada; lola	– (“maternal aunt”) nursery: teta; lelja
sibling's child	*netьjь (“nephew”)	*nestera (“niece”)
spouse	*mǫžь (“husband”)	*žena (“wife”)
parent of wife	*tьstь (“father-in-law (wife's father)”)	*tьšča (“mother-in-law (wife's mother)”)
parent of husband	*svekrъ (“father-in-law (husband's father)”)	*svekry (“mother-in-law (husband's father)”)
sibling of wife	*šurь (“brother-in-law (wife's brother)”)	svěstь, svьstь (“sister-in-law (wife's sister)”)
sibling of husband	*děverь (“brother-in-law (husband's brother)”)	*zъly (“sister-in-law (husband's sister)”)
spouse of child	*zętь (“son-in-law (daughter's husband)”)	*snъxa (“daughter-in-law (son's wife)”)
spouse of husband's brother	–	*ętry (“sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dě̀dъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 101: “m. o (a)”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “dědъ / dědę”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 158; PR 131; RPT 98, 101)”
^ The Language and Culture Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry: The Eastern Yiddish - Western Yiddish Continuum, Volume III, Niemeyer, 2010, p.214-215

[EDSIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dě̀dъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 101: “m. o (a)”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “dědъ / dědę”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 158; PR 131; RPT 98, 101)”

[3] The Language and Culture Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry: The Eastern Yiddish - Western Yiddish Continuum, Volume III, Niemeyer, 2010, p.214-215

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