# Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages

The Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages: Proto-Slavic Lexical Stock (Russian: Этимологический словарь славянских языков. Праславянский лексический фонд / Etimologicheskiy slovar' slavyanskikh yazykov. Praslavyanskiy leksicheskiy fond, abbreviated ESSJa / Russian: ЭССЯ) is an etymological dictionary of the reconstructed Proto-Slavic lexicon. It has been continuously published since 1974 until present, in 43 volumes, making it one of the most comprehensive in the world.

## History

The dictionary was conceived in the 1950s with the inadequacy of the existing Slavic etymological dictionaries in mind. Since 1961 the preparations began for the dictionary under the direction of Oleg Trubachev at the Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the USSR. In 1963 a trial edition of the dictionary was published. Since its inception, the dictionary has been published by the Department of Etymology and Onomastics of the Russian Language Institute.
The Editor-In-Chief in the period 1974—2002 was Oleg Trubachev. Trubachev passed away in 2002, at which point the role was taken up by Anatoly Zhuravlyov [ru]. Zhuravlev was the editor until vol. 40 (2016), which was co-edited by him and Zhanna Varbot [ru], who has continued editing the following volumes.

## The dictionary

For every Proto-Slavic reconstruction an etymology is given, as well as the history of etymological research. Reflexes in all Slavic languages are listed, and so are the cognates in other Indo-European languages. Proto-Slavic accent and accentual paradigm is not reconstructed. Elements of Proto-Slavic morphology (affixes, desinences) are also not reconstructed. Over 2100 journals and books have been used while writing the published volumes of the dictionary. The complete dictionary is estimated to contain around 20 000 words.

## List of volumes

| Issue | Title | Articles in the issue | Allpages | Print run | Year | ISBN, УДК, ББК |
| [0] | [проспект] | — | 94 | 300 | 1963 | |
| 1 | *a — *besědьlivъ | 466 | 214 | 6500 | 1974 | |
| 2 | *bez — *bratrъ | 624 | 238 | 6500 | 1975 | |
| 3 | *bratrьсь — *cьrky | 583 | 199 | 6600 | 1976 | |
| 4 | *čaběniti — *děl’a | 565 | 235 | 6550 | 1977 | |
| 5 | *dělo — *dьržьlь | 588 | 232 | 6000 | 1978 | |
| 6 | *e — *golva | 526 | 222 | 5550 | 1979 | |
| 7 | *golvačь — *gyžati | 485 | 224 | 5200 | 1980 | |
| 8 | *xa — *jьvlьga | 560 | 252 | 5250 | 1981 | |
| 9 | *jьz — *klenьje | 494 | 197 | 5350 | 1983 | |
| 10 | *klepačь — *konь | 350 | 198 | 4450 | 1983 | |
| 11 | *konьсь — *kotьna(ja) | 336 | 220 | 4150 | 1984 | |
| 12 | *koulъkъ — *kroma / *kromъ | 389 | 186 | 4300 | 1985 | |
| 13 | *kroměžirъ — *kyžiti | 730 | 285 | 4650 | 1987 | |
| 14 | *labati — *lěteplъjь | 599 | 268 | 5300 | 1987 | |
| 15 | *lětina — *lokač | 641 | 263 | 4800 | 1988 | ISBN 5-02-010862-6, ББК 81-4 Э 90 |
| 16 | *lokadlo — *lъživьсь | 623 | 264 | 3100 | 1990 | ISBN 5-02-010920-7, ББК 81 Э90 |
| 17 | *lъžь — *matješьnъjь | 569 | 269 | 3250 | 1990 | ISBN 5-02-010995-9, ББК 81-4 Э 90 |
| 18 | *matoga — *mękyšъka | 559 | 254 | 2500 | 1992 | ISBN 5-02-011039-6, ББК 81-4 Э 90 |
| 19 | *męs$^($’$^)$arь — *morzakъ | 578 | 255 | 1535 | 1992 | ISBN 5-02-011121-X, ББК 81-4 Э 90 |
| 20 | *morzatъjь — *mъrsknǫti | 572 | 256 | 3000 | 1994 | ISBN 5-02-011145-7, ББК 81-4 Э 90 |
| 21 | *mъrskovatъjь — *nadějьnъjь | 679 | 236 | 3000 | 1994 | ISBN 5-02-011172-4, ББК 81-4 Э 90 |
| 22 | *naděliti — *narodъ | 725 | 255 | 3000 | 1995 | ISBN 5-02-011252-6, ББК 81-4 Э 90 |
| 23 | *nаrоdьnъjь — *nаvijаkъ | 507 | 239 | 3000 | 1996 | ISBN 5-02-011214-3, ББК 81-4 Э 90 |
| 24 | *navijati(sę) / *navivati(sę) — *nerodimъ(jь) | 628 | 234 | 2000 | 1997 | ISBN 5-02-011206-2, УДК 800/801, ББК 81-4 Э 90 |
| 25 | *neroditi — *novotьnъ(jь) | 615 | 238 | 2000 | 1999 | ISBN 5-02-011672-6, УДК 800/801, ББК 81-4 Э 90 |
| 26 | *novoukъ(jь) — *obgorditi | 587 | 237 | 1000 | 1999 | ISBN 5-02-011590-8, УДК 800/801, ББК 81.2-3 Э-90 |
| 27 | *obgordja / *obgordjь — *oblězati | 602 | 247 | 1500 | 2000 | ISBN 5-02-011793-5, УДК 800/801, ББК 81.2-3 Э-90 |
| 28 | *oblězti — *obpovědanьje | 694 | 266 | 1500 | 2001 | ISBN 5-02-022627-0, УДК 800/801, ББК 81.2-3 Э-90 |
| 29 | *obpovědati — *obsojьnica | 562 | 266 | 1360 | 2002 | ISBN 978-5-02-011808-9, УДК 800/801, ББК 81.2-3 Э90 |
| 30 | *obsojьnikъ — *obvedьnъjь | 825 | 269 | 1360 | 2003 | ISBN 5-02-006386-X, УДК 800/801, ББК 81.2-3 Э90 |
| 31 | *obvelčenьje — *obžьniviny | 503 | 258 | 1450 | 2005 | ISBN 5-02-033251-8, УДК 811.16(038), ББК 81.2-4 Э90 |
| 32 | *obžьnъ — *orzbotati | 519 | 261 | 1650 | 2005 | ISBN 5-02-033868-0, УДК 811.16(38), ББК 81.2-4 Э90 |
| 33 | *orzbotěti — *orzmajati(sę) | 623 | 388 | 1500 | 2007 | ISBN 5-02-035689-1, УДК 811.16(38), ББК 81.224 Э90 |
| 34 | *orzmajь — *orzstegajь | 901 | 307 | 1050 | 2008 | ISBN 978-5-02-036286-4, УДК 811.16/38, ББК 81.2-4 Э90 |
| 35 | *orzstegati(sę) — *orzъjьti(sę) | 368 | 233 | 960 | 2009 | ISBN 978-5-02-036883-5, УДК 811.16/38, ББК 81.2-4 Э90 |
| 36 | *orz(ъ)zeleněti / *orz(ъ)zeleniti — *otъgrěbati(sę) | 419 | 260 | 1000 | 2010 | ISBN 978-5-02-037371-6, УДК 811.16/38, ББК 81.2-4 Э90 |
| 37 | *otъgryzati(sę) — *otъpasti | 364 | 250 | 900 | 2011 | ISBN 978-5-02-037516-1, УДК 811.16/38, ББК 81.2-4 Э90 |
| 38 | *otъpečatati / *otъpečatiti(sę) — *otъtęgnǫti(sę) | 431 | 248 | 1010 | 2012 | ISBN 978-5-02-037545-1, УДК 811.16/38, ББК 81.2-4 Э90 |
| 39 | *otъtęti — *ozgǫba | — | 242 | 900 | 2014 | ISBN 978-5-02-039092-8, УДК 811.16/38, ББК 81.2-4 Э90 |
| 40 | *ǫborъkъ — *pakъla | — | 236, [4] | 650 | 2016 | ISBN 978-5-02-039954-9, УДК 811.16/38, ББК 81.2-4 Э90 |
| 41 | *pala — *pažьnъ(jь) | 287 | 278, [2] | 300 | 2018 | ISBN 978-5-02-040069-6, УДК 811.16/38, ББК 81.2-4 Э90 |
| 42 | *peča — *реrzъ | 298 | 343 | 300 | 2021 | ISBN 978-5-02-040878-4, УДК 811.16/38, ББК 81.2-4 Э90 |