Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьrdь

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

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-.

Noun

*žьrdь f[1]

perch, pole, ricker

Inflection

Declension of *žьrdь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*žьrdь	*žьrdi	*žьrdi
genitive	*žьrdi	žьrdьju, žьrďu^*	žьrdьjь, žьrdi^*
dative	*žьrdi	*žьrdьma	*žьrdьmъ
accusative	*žьrdь	*žьrdi	*žьrdi
instrumental	žьrdьjǫ, žьrďǫ^*	*žьrdьma	*žьrdьmi
locative	*žьrdi	žьrdьju, žьrďu^*	*žьrdьxъ
vocative	*žьrdi	*žьrdi	*žьrdi

^* 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).

Derived terms

*žьrdьka (diminutive)

Related terms

*gordъ (“fort, town”)
*zordъ (“stack pole”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: жерздь (žjerzdʹ)
- Russian: жердь (žerdʹ) (dialectally же́редь (žéredʹ))
- ⇒ Ukrainian: же́рдка (žérdka)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: жрьдь (žrĭdĭ)
- Bulgarian: жерд (žerd), жърть (žǎrtʹ) (obsolete)
  - ⇒ же́рда f (žérda, “beam, bar”) (dialectal)
- Slovene: žȓd (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: žrd
  - Czech: žerď
    - Moravian (Mistřice): žrť
- Old Polish: żerdź
  - Polish: żerdź
- Slovak: žrď

Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: zsorda (“rod”)
- → Romanian: joardă (“rod, stick”)
- → Proto-Finnic: *hirci (see there for further descendants)

References

Snoj, Marko (2016) “žȓd”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *žь̑rdь”

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[1] Snoj, Marko (2016) “žȓd”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *žь̑rdь”