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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/děva

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 *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”), whence also Latin femina, Hittite 𒋼𒂊𒋫𒀭 (te-e-ta-an), Sanskrit धयति (dháyati), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (daddjan, “suckle”) and Old Armenian դիեմ (diem).

Original meaning was thus "one that can suckle, nurse". Compare *dojiti (“to give milk, nurse, breastfeed”).

Noun

*dě̀va f[1][2]

  1. maiden, girl

Declension

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Derived terms
  • *děvica
  • *děvьstvo
  • *děvoja
  • *děvosnubъ
  • *děvovati
  • *děvuxa
  • *děvъjь
  • *děvъka

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: дѣ́ва (dě́va)
      • Belarusian: дзе́ва (dzjéva)
      • Russian: де́ва (déva)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: дїва (djiva)
      • Ukrainian: ді́ва (díva)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дева”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*děva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 17

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dě̀va”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 105: “f. ā (a) ‘maiden, girl’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “děva”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132; RPT 110)”
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