ȇ̌dъ

ȇ̌dъ Grammatical information: m. o Accent paradigm: c Proto-Slavic meaning: `poison'

Page in Trubačev: VI 45-47

Old Church Slavic:

jadъ `poison' [m o]

Russian:

jad `poison' [m o]

Ukrainian:

jid `poison' [m o]

Czech:

jed `poison, (dial.) malice' [m o]

Slovak:

jed `poison, (coll.) malice, anger' [m o]

Polish:

jad `poison, something harmful or contagious, anger, malice' [m o]

Upper Sorbian:

jěd `poison' [m o]

Serbo-Croatian:

ȉjed `gall, poison, anger' [m o];

jȇd `gall, poison, anger' [m o];

jȃd `grief, sorrow' [m o];

Čak. ȋd (Vrgada) `gall, poison, anger' [m o];

Čak. jȁd (Vrgada) `grief, sorrow' [m o];

Čak. jȃt (Orbanići) `anger' [m o], jȃda [Gens]

Slovene:

jâd `poison, anger' [m o]

Bulgarian:

jad `poison, anger' [m o]

Indo-European reconstruction: h₁ed-o-

Page in Pokorny: 288

Comments: I prefer this etymology to the one deriving *ě̑dъ from *h₂eid- `swell'. As to the semantics, we may compare the euphemisms MoHG Gift `poison' (from geben) and MoFr. poison < *pōtion(em) (Vasmer s.v. jad).

Other cognates:

OIc. át `food' [n];

OHG. āz `food' [n]