Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Bogъdanъ

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.

• *Bogodanъ

Possibly calque of Iranian (cp. Old Median Bagadāta- (“god-given, given by god”) ) or calque of Ancient Greek Θεόδοτος (Theódotos, literally “given by God”) or Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros, “Theodore”, literally “gift of God”). Morphologically from *bogъ (“god”) +‎ *danъ (“given”), the passive participle of *dati (“to give”).

*Bogъdanъ m

1. a male given name, Bogdan / Bohdan

• East Slavic
  • Old East Slavic: Богъданъ (Bogŭdanŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: Богданъ (Bohdan)
      • Belarusian: Багда́н (Bahdán)
      • Ukrainian: Богда́н (Bohdán)
    • Russian: Богда́н (Bogdán)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: Бо́гдан (Bógdan)
  • Macedonian: Бо́гдан (Bógdan)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: Bògdān

    Cyrillic script: Бо̀гда̄н

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: Bohdan m, Bohdana f
  • Polish: Bogdan
  • Slovak: Bohdan
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: Bogdàn
    • Upper Sorbian: Bóhdan

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Romanian: Bogdan
  • → Hungarian: Bogdán

• Rudolf Krajčović (2007), Z historickej lexiky, in "Kultúra slova", roč. 41, č. 3, p. 157f
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bogodanъ/*bogъdanъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 159