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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

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

Descendants

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “жид”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “жиди”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жид”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 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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