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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dědъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Per Derksen, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dēˀd-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁dʰ-. Cognate with Lithuanian dė̃dė, dė̃dis (“uncle”), Latvian dȩ̀ds (“old man”), Ancient Greek τήθη (tḗthē, “grandmother”). Perhaps originally an onomatopoeia of babies' speech.

Noun

*dě̀dъ m [1][2]

  1. grandfather

Declension
Declension of *dě̀dъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *dě̀dъ *dě̀da *dě̀di
Accusative *dě̀dъ *dě̀da *dě̀dy
Genitive *dě̀da *dě̀du *dě̀dъ
Locative *dě̀dě *dě̀du *dě̀dě̄xъ
Dative *dě̀du *dě̀doma *dě̀domъ
Instrumental *dě̀dъmь, *dě̀domь* *dě̀doma *dě̀dȳ
Vocative *dě̀de *dě̀da *dě̀di
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

See also

Descendants

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dě̀dъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 101: “m. o (a)”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “dědъ / dědę”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 158; PR 131; RPT 98, 101)”
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