Type Word Usage Old Slavic (Hypothetical) Scripts зьдати(Church Slavic) Meaning & History Slavic word meaning "to build" [1]. Related ItemsDetails Given Name DescendantsZdeslav(Croatian) Zdislav, Zdislava(Czech) Zdzisław, Zdzisława(Polish) Sources & References Derksen, Rick. Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon. Brill, 2008, page 551.