Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ěďa

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 *ěda/*ědъ/*ědь (“food”) +‎ *-ja or *ě̀sti (“to eat”) +‎ *-ja. According to Trubachyov: inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ḗˀdjāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édyeh₂ (“food related, edible”), from *h₁ed- (“to eat”). Compare Lithuanian ė́džia (“horse food”) and Sanskrit अद्य (ādyá, “edible”), Latin inedia (“fasting”).

Noun

*ě̀ďa f[1][2]

eating, eating activity
what is eaten, food, nourishment

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: е́жа (jéža)
- Ukrainian: ї́жа (jíža); є́жа (jéža) (dialectal)
- Russian: е́жа (jéža) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Church Slavonic: ꙗжда (jažda)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: је̏ђа, језа (dialectal)
  
  Latin script: jȅđa, jeza (dialectal)
- Slovene: jéja (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- ⇒ Czech: objeza, objedza (dialectal)
- Old Polish: jedza
  - Polish: jedza (dialectal)
- Slovak: jedza (dialectal)
  - ⇒ Slovak: objedza
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: jěza

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ědja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 40
Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1991), “ěďa”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 6 (e! – ěždžь), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, →ISBN, page 129