Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dostojьnъ

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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

Etymology

From *dostojь +‎ *-ьnъ.

Adjective

*dostojьnъ

  1. worthy
  2. decent, appropriate

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dostojьnъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 85