Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/divizna
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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. |
Proto-Slavic
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Etymology
The form *divina for this plant seems secondary by relation to the suffix *-ina, somewhat interchangeable with *-izna, *divina literally meaning any animal or plant product of wild (*divъ) origin; a contamination with *devęsilъ is also evident, looking at the Slovak form. A derivation from *divъ (“wild”) is uncertain, though tempting. The word is recorded in Dacian as διέσεμα, a borrowing from which has been considered; it is also attested, however, in Lithuanian devynspė͂kė, devynjėgė, still meaning the same plant, but reconstructions for Proto-Indo-European are too daring because of the limited distribution of the plant name.
Noun
*divizna f
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *divizna | *divizně | *divizny |
| genitive | *divizny | *diviznu | *diviznъ |
| dative | *divizně | *diviznama | *diviznamъ |
| accusative | *diviznǫ | *divizně | *divizny |
| instrumental | *diviznojǫ, *diviznǫ** | *diviznama | *diviznami |
| locative | *divizně | *diviznu | *diviznasъ, *diviznaxъ* |
| vocative | *divizno | *divizně | *divizny |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Descendants
- all have been checked and have the meaning Verbascum
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: дзiвáнна (dzivánna), dialectally also дзiвана (dzivana), дзiвена (dzivjena)
- Russian: дива́нка (divánka), дивена (divena), дивина (divina) (all only regionally, and the stress is not told save for the first in Даль)
- Ukrainian: дивина́ (dyvyná) (standard stress, dialectally also диви́на (dyvýna))
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Anikin, A. E. (2019) “дивена”, in Русский этимологический словарь (in Russian), issue 13 (два – дигло), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 357
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*divizna”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 33