Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tъdьnь

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

From *tъ (“this, that”) +‎ *dьnь (“day”). Some descendants also contain *že. After 7 days the days of the week repeat. This form is preferred by the Catholic tribes, while the Orthodox tribes use the word for Sunday also for week.

Noun

*tъdьnь m

week

Declension

Declension of *tъdьnь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*tъdьnь	*tъdьni	tъdьnьje, tъdьňe^*
Accusative	*tъdьnь	*tъdьni	*tъdьni
Genitive	*tъdьni	tъdьnьju, tъdьňu^*	tъdьnьjь, tъdьni^*
Locative	*tъdьni	tъdьnьju, tъdьňu^*	*tъdьnьxъ
Dative	*tъdьni	*tъdьnьma	*tъdьnьmъ
Instrumental	*tъdьnьmь	*tъdьnьma	*tъdьnьmi
Vocative	*tъdьni	*tъdьni	tъdьnьje, tъdьňe^*

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: тꙑижьдьнь (tyižĭdĭnĭ), тꙑжьдьнь (tyžĭdĭnĭ)
  - Belarusian: ты́дзень (týdzjenʹ)
  - Rusyn: ты́ждень (tŷ́ždenʹ)
  - Ukrainian: ти́ждень (týždenʹ)

South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: тје̏дан
  
  Latin: tjȅdan, teden
- Slovene: tẹ̑dən (tonal orthography)

West Slavic:
- Czech: týden
- Kashubian: tidzéń
- Polish: tydzień
- Silesian: tydźyń
- Slovak: týždeň
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: tydźeń
  - Lower Sorbian: tyźeń

References

Sreznevskij, I. I. (1912), “Proto-Slavic/tъdьnь”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 3, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 1071
Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “tydzień”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, published 1985, page 588
Melʹnyčuk O. S., editor (2006), “тиждень”, in Etymolohičnyj slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5, Kiev: Naukova Dumka, page 565

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