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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žerti

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 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gerˀtei (devour), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷérh₃-ti ~ *gʷr̥h₃-énti, from *gʷerh₃- (to devour, swallow). Cognate with Lithuanian gerti (to drink), Latvian dzer̂t (to drink). Further related to Old English acworren, Proto-Germanic *kwerraną (devour), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭- (gar-, swallow up), Old Armenian կերի (keri, I ate), Ancient Greek βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō, eat up), βορά (borá, food), Latin vorō (I devour), Sanskrit गिरति (giráti, devour).

Verb

*žèrti impf[1][2][3][4]

  1. to devour, glut
Conjugation
Alternative forms
  • *žьrati (later variant, based on present stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: жерети (žereti), жьрати (žĭrati)
      • Belarusian: жэрць (žercʹ), жэ́рці (žérci)
      • Russian: жрать (žratʹ)
      • Ukrainian: же́рти (žérty), жра́ти (žráty), жере́ти (žeréty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: пожрѣти (požrěti)
      Glagolitic: ⱂⱁⰶⱃⱑⱅⰹ (požrěti)
    • Macedonian: ждере (ždere)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ждѐрати, ждрије̑ти, ждре̑ти
      Latin: ždèrati, ždrijȇti, ždrȇti, (regional) nažriti
    • Slovene: žrẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: žřieti
    • Kashubian: rżéc
    • Polish: żreć
    • Silesian: żrać
    • Slovak: žrat'
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: žraś, žreś
      • Upper Sorbian: źrać, žrjeć
Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*žerti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 559
  2. Derksen, Rick (2015), “gerti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 172: “*žèrti”
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001), ¹žerti (žьrti): žьrǫ (žerǫ) žьretь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c æde (SA 203, 235, 251; PR 139)”
  4. Snoj, Marko (2016), žrẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*že̋rti”

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-.

Verb

*žerti impf

  1. Alternative form of *žьrti
Conjugation
Descendants
Further reading
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