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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/verdьnъ

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

South Slavic isogloss, with dubious origin. The main two hypotheses for its etymology are:

Georgiev and Skok remain inconclusive.

Adjective

*verdьnъ

  1. worthy
Inflection
Derived terms
  • *verdьnostь, *verdьnota (worth)
  • *verděti (to be worth)
  • *verdati (to estimate)
Descendants
  • South Slavic:

Further reading

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вреден²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 184
  • Skok, Petar (1973) “vrijedan”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 3 (poni² – Ž), Zagreb: JAZU, page 625
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “vrẹ́den”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si

Etymology 2

From *verdъ (harm) + *-ьnъ.

Adjective

*verdьnъ

  1. harmful
  2. malicious
Inflection
Derived terms
  • *verdina (damage)
  • *verdьnostь (harm, malice)
  • *verditi (to cause harm, to injure)
  • *verditeľь (pest)
  • *verdovъ (ulcerous)
Descendants
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: wrzedny (Middle Polish), wrzodny (rare)

Further reading

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вреден¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 184
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вред”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “vredník”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
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