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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰón-o-s, from *gʷʰen- (“to slay, strike”). Cognate to Ancient Greek φόνος (phónos, “murder”) and Sanskrit घन (ghaná, “destroyer, murderer; slaying, murder”).
Noun
*gònъ m[1]
- chase, pursuit
- (by extension) hunt
- Synonym: *lovъ
Inflection
Declension of
*gònъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: гонъ (gonŭ)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “gonъ gona”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b plowed furrow (NA 120)”