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Jidvei
Jidvei comes from Romanian Jidvei, from Old Church Slavonic жито ‘grain’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷeyh₃-‘to live’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷeyh₃tomreconstructed
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*géiˀtan‘grain, corn’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*žito‘grain, corn’reconstructed
- Old Church Slavonicmodernжитоžito‘grain’
- Old Church Slavonic, derivedmodernЖитава
- HungarianmodernZsitve
- Romanianc. 1500–presentJidvei
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷeyh₃-‘to live’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷeyh₃tomreconstructed
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*géiˀtan‘grain, corn’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*žito‘grain, corn’reconstructed
- Old Church Slavonicmodernжитоžito‘grain’
- Old Church Slavonic, derivedmodernЖитава
- HungarianmodernZsitve
- Romanianc. 1500–presentJidvei
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’
quick, vital, biology, couch, vitamin, viable, hygiene, kidney, vivid, revive, zodiac, anaerobic, vivacious, vive, biogenesis, convivial, vivacity, wyvern, 61 more
Today it means
name A village and commune of Alba County, Romania.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- / Jidvei