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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ěsa

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 reconstructions
  • *ěsъ m, *ěša f

Etymology

From early *ēdsā, inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ēˀdsāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-s-eh₂, from *h₁ed- (“to eat”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *ēsą (“food, carrion”) < *h₁ed-s-om, Tocharian B: yetse (“skin”) < *h₁ed-s-os. Compare Lithuanian ė̃desis (“feed”) < *h₁ed-es-.

Noun

*ěsa f[1][2]

  1. food, dish, nourishment
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁ed-‎ (0 c, 3 e)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *ѣса (*ěsa)
      • Russian: я́са (jása)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: јес m (archaic, rare); јеша (< *ěs-j-a)
      Latin script: jes m (archaic, rare); ješa (< *ěs-j-a)

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ě(d)sa/*ě(d)sъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 44
  2. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1991), “ěsa”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 6 (e! – ěždžь), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 139
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