Talk:kradziej

Proto-Slavic etymology

@KamiruPL Hey! I'm having some doubts about the Proto-Slavic etymology of the word. It is theoretically possible that the word is descended from *kradějь. On the other hand though, the word does seem relatively recent, with WSJP dating it back only to the late nineteenth century (1876, to be precise). I believe what this might in actuality be is a blend of kraść and złodziej, given kraść is a bit more semantically related to the contemporary meaning of złodziej, which historically meant "evildoer," and the word itself I've encountered exclusively in rather humorous or otherwise very colloquial contexts. Hythonia (talk) 09:10, 3 May 2022 (UTC) (EDIT: Also important to note that the word is absent from SPJS, SPXVI and SPXVII.) Hythonia (talk) 09:11, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

You are correct. I assumed it to be inherited from the reconstructed Proto-Slavic lemma since it formally matched it. I will try to be more diligent next time. KamiruPL (talk) 10:34, 3 May 2022 (UTC)