дожджъ

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic *дъжджь (*dŭždžĭ), from Proto-Slavic *dъ̀ždžь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dusdjus, from Proto-Indo-European *dus-dyew-.[1][2][3][4][5] Cognate with Russian дождь (doždʹ).

Noun

дожджъ (transliteration needed) m inan

  1. (meteorology) rain

Descendants

  • Belarusian: до́ждж (dóždž)
  • Rusyn: дождь (doždʹ), додж (dodž)
  • Ukrainian: дощ (došč); дож (dož), дождж (doždž), дорщ (doršč), дищ (dyšč), дожьджь (dožʹdžʹ), дош (doš), дошь (došʹ) (dialectal)

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), *dъždžь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 195
  2. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), дощ”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 117
  3. Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982), дощ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volume 2 (Д – Ь), issue 12–22, Ottawa: Ukr. Mohylo-Mazepian Acad. of Sci. & Ukr. Lang. Assoc., →LCCN, page 188: “MUk. дожчь (XV c.), дожчъ (1582), дождь (1625), дожджъ (XVII c.), дощъ (XVII c.), дожъ (XVII c.), дождъ (XVIII c.), OES. дъждъ (XI c.), дъжгъ (1270), дожгъ
  4. Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), до́ждж”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 140
  5. Anikin, A. E. (2020), дождь”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 14 (дигнитарь – дрощи), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 122

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