< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic

Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ědъkъ

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

Etymology 1

From *ědъ (“poison”) +‎ *-ъkъ. Further origin disputed between:

Adjective

*ědъkъ

  1. acrid, caustic, corrosive (for substance)
  2. pungent, tart, bitter (for taste)
  3. (figurative) sarcastic, spiteful (for behaviour, words)
Declension
  • *ědьnъ, *ědьlivъ (“mordent, scathing”)
  • *ědovitъ (“irate, angry”)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: е́дкий (jédkij)
    • Ukrainian: їдки́й (jidkýj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: је̏дак, ји́дак, ијѐдак
      Latin script: jȅdak, jídak, ijèdak
    • Slovene: jẹ́dǝk (tonal orthography)
      • ⇒ Slovene: jẹ̑dkati (“to erode”)
  • West Slavic:
    • Slovak: jedký

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ědъkъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 47
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “jedek”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
  • “ėdus”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

Etymology 2

From *ěsti (“to eat”) +‎ *-ъkъ, cognate with Lithuanian ėdrùs (“edacious”). Trubačev (ESSJa) treats this sense as a variation of Etymology 1.

Adjective

*ědъkъ

  1. esculent, edible
Declension
  • *ědivъ (“tasty”), *ědomъ (“suitable to eat”)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: е́дкі (jédki), ядкі́ (jadkí)
    • Russian: едко́й (jedkój) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: ядък (jadǎk) (rare)
      • ⇒ Bulgarian: я́дка (jádka, “nut (of fruit)”)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: jedký
    • Polish: jedki (“tasty”) (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ědъkъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 47
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.