Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ěda

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

Back-formation from *ědati. However, probably inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ēˀdā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁edéh₂ (“food”), from *h₁ed- (“to eat”). Compare Lithuanian ė́da (“food”), Latvian êdas f pl (“feed”) and Old Norse āta (“feed, food”).

Noun

*ěda f

1. food, feed

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁ed-‎ (0 c, 3 e)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *ѣда (*ěda)
    • Middle Russian: ѣда́ (jědá)
      • Russian: еда́ (jedá)
    • Old Ruthenian: ѣда́ (jědá)
      • Belarusian: яда́ (jadá)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: їда́ (jidá)
      • Ukrainian: їда́ (jidá)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: я́да́ (jádá) (obsolete)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ја̑да

    Latin script: jȃda

• West Slavic:
  • Polish: jȃda (dialectal)