Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/retędzь

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

Alternative forms

• *recędzь (undissimilated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *rakentǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“to bind”).

Noun

*retędzь m

1. chain

   Synonym: *veriga

Inflection

Declension of *retędzь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*retędzь	*retędza	*retędzi
genitive	*retędza	*retędzu	*retędzь
dative	*retędzu	*retędzema	*retędzemъ
accusative	*retędzь	*retędza	*retędzę̇
instrumental	*retędzьmь, *retędzemь*	*retędzema	*retędzi
locative	*retędzi	*retędzu	*retędzixъ
vocative	*retęže	*retędza	*retędzi

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: ре́тязь (rétjazʹ)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: řetěz
  • Old Polish: rzeciądz
    • Polish: wrzeciądz
  • Slovak: reťaz
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: ŕeśaz
    • Upper Sorbian: rjećaz

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Hungarian: retesz
  • → Lithuanian: rẽtėžis
  • → Romanian: retez

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ре́тязь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress