Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dadinъ

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 *dàda +‎ *-inъ.

Adjective

*dadinъ

1. (East Slavic, relational) uncle
2. uncle's wife

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: дꙗ́динъ (djádinŭ)
    • Middle Russian: *дꙗ́динъ (*djádin), дꙗ́дина (djádina)
      • Russian: дя́дин (djádin), дя́дина (djádina); дя́дины (djádiny), де́дина (dédina) (dialectal)
      • ⇒ Russian: да́йна (dájna), дя́йна (djájna), де́йна (déjna), дёйна (djójna), дёина (djóina) (dialectal)
    • Old Ruthenian: *дꙗ́динъ (*djádin), дꙗ́дина (djádina), дꙗ́динаꙗ (djádinaja), дꙗ́дына (djádyna)
      • Belarusian: дзя́дзіна (dzjádzina)
      • Ukrainian: дя́дин (djádyn), дя́дина (djádyna), дя́дна (djádna) (dialectal)
      • → Lithuanian: dė̃dina, dė̃dyna (“uncle's wife”)

Further reading

• Anikin, A. E. (2018) “да́йна”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 12 (грак – дбать), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 317
• Anikin, A. E. (2019) “де́енка”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 13 (два – дигло), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 133
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “дядя”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 153