Reconstruction:Old East Slavic/дъжджь

This Old East 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.

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• дъжжь (dŭžžĭ), дъжчь (dŭžčĭ), дъжь (dŭžĭ)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъ̀ždžь. Compare Old Pskovian дъжгь (dŭźgĭ). Doublet of дъждь (dŭždĭ), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic.

Noun

*дъжджь (*dŭždžĭ) m

1. (meteorology) rain

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: дожджъ (doždž)
  • Belarusian: до́ждж (dóždž)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: додж (dodž)
  • Ukrainian: дощ (došč); дож (dož), дождж (doždž), дорщ (doršč), дош (doš), дищ (dyšč) (dialectal)
• Russian: дожж (dožž) (obsolete)