Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gobino

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.

Traditionally viewed as an early borrowing from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌴𐌹 (gabei, “wealth”) (*-n- from the oblique ending), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- (“to give”). A minority view presumes native origin from sparsely attested *gobь +‎ *-ino, perhaps cognate with Lithuanian Gãbis m, Gabijà f (“fire deity”) (mythological) and akin to gãbas (“greed”), gabùs/gobùs (“greedy”), gabúoti (“to act greedily”).

According to some interpretations, may share origin with Proto-Slavic *gabati (“to seize”), Lithuanian guõbti (“to gather up”).

*gobino n^[1][2]

1. abundance

   Synonym: *obilьje

2. wealth

   Synonym: *bogatьstvo

• *gobina f (ā-stem)
• *gobiňa f (jā-stem)

• *gobь (“prosperity (?)”)
• *gobьdzъ, *gobigъ (“abundant”)
  • *gobьdzьje (“abundance”)
  • *gobьdziti (“to make abundant”), *gobьdzěti (“to be abundant”)
  • *gobьdzovati (“to get abundant”)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: гобино (gobino), гобина f (gobina)
    • Russian: гобина f (gobina) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: гобино (gobino)
  • Serbo-Croatian: (archaic)

    Cyrillic script: гобино (“spelt”); го̀бӣња f (“wreath”) (dialectal)

    Latin script: gobino (“spelt”)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гобина”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gobina/*gobino”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 185
• “gobus”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012