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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/židъ

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

Likely through some Balkan Romance dialect, from Old Italian giudeo, from Latin iūdaeus.

The secondary meaning giant/mythical person is likely derived from the meaning Jew based on the Biblical tradition that Jews were the "chosen people" by God. Vasmer, nonetheless, presumes a native origin (see dial. Russian жиди (židi)).

Noun

*židъ m[1]

  1. Jew
  2. giant, mythical person
    → (by generalization) mythical creature

Declension
Declension of *žìdъ (u-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *žìdъ *žìdy *žìdove
genitive *žìdu *žìdovu *žìdovъ
dative *žìdovi *žìdъma *žìdъmъ
accusative *žìdъ *žìdy *žìdy
instrumental *žìdъmь *žìdъma *žìdъmī
locative *žìdū *žìdovu *žìdъxъ
vocative *žìdu *žìdy *žìdove
Declension of *žìdъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *žìdъ *žìda *žìdi
genitive *žìda *žìdu *žìdъ
dative *žìdu *žìdoma *žìdomъ
accusative *žìdъ *žìda *žìdy
instrumental *žìdъmь, *žìdomь* *žìdoma *žìdȳ
locative *žìdě *žìdu *žìdě̄xъ
vocative *žìde *žìda *žìdi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *židovьskъ (“Jewish”)
  • *židovinъ (“Jewish person”)

Descendants

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жид”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жиди”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жид”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 543

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001) “židъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 131); b (RPT 97)”
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