Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/edъva

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

    The first element is possibly the same as in *edinъ (see there for more). For *-va, confer Bulgarian дава́ (davá, “probably, perhaps”) and Czech sotva. Furthermore, cognate with Lithuanian võs (“hardly”), vos ne vos (“scarcely”).

    Variations with l- possibly contain a particle *le (see еле).

    Adverb

    *edъva

    1. barely, scarcely

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • ⇒ Belarusian: ледзь (ljedzʹ), ледзьве (ljedzʹvje)
      • Russian: едва́ (jedvá)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: ледь (ledʹ), ле́две (lédve)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: jedva, ledva
      • ⇒ Old Polish: jedwo, ledwo
      • Pomeranian:
        • Kashubian: ledwò
        • Slovincian: lêdwô
      • Old Slovak: ledva, ledve, ledvo, ledvom, ledvy
      • Sorbian:
        • Lower Sorbian: lědba
        • Upper Sorbian: lědma

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “едва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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