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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/serda

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-Balto-Slavic *śerd-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-. Cognate with Lithuanian šerdìs (“core, kernel, pith”). For the sense "middle of the week", compare German Mittwoch.

Noun

*serdà f

  1. middle
  2. Wednesday (middle of week)

Declension
Declension of *serdà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *serdà *sȇrdě *sȇrdy
Accusative *sȇrdǫ *sȇrdě *sȇrdy
Genitive *serdý *serdù *sẽrdъ
Locative *sȇrdě *serdù *serdàsъ, *serdàxъ*
Dative *serdě̀ *serdàma *serdàmъ
Instrumental *serdojǫ́ *serdàma *serdàmi
Vocative *serdo *sȇrdě *sȇrdy
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.

See also
Days of the week in Proto-Slavic · *dьne nedě̀ľę̇/tajegodьne (layout · text)
*neděľa *ponedělъkъ
*ponedělьnikъ		 *vъtorъkъ
*vъtorьnikъ		 *serda *četvьrtъkъ *pętъkъ *sǫbota

Derived terms
  • *serdъkъ (“middle, center”) (noun)
    • *oserdъkъ (“middle, center”)
    • *serdъkovъ (“middle, center”) (adjective)
  • *serdьňь (“middle, cental”)

Descendants
  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading
  1. Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “середа”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 230
  2. Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “середа”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2: Н – Ѳ, Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 339
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