Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/retędzь

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

Alternative forms

  • *recędzь (undissimilated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *rakentǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“to bind”).

Noun

*retędzь m

  1. chain
    Synonym: *veriga

Inflection

Declension of *retędzь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *retędzь *retędza *retędzi
genitive *retędza *retędzu *retędzь
dative *retędzu *retędzema *retędzemъ
accusative *retędzь *retędza *retędzę̇
instrumental *retędzьmь, *retędzemь* *retędzema *retędzi
locative *retędzi *retędzu *retędzixъ
vocative *retęže *retędza *retędzi

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: ре́тязь (rétjazʹ)
  • West Slavic:
  • Non-Slavic:
    • → Hungarian: retesz
    • → Lithuanian: rẽtėžis
    • → Romanian: retez

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ре́тязь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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