Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gostь
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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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *gastis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *gastiz and Latgalian gosts.
Noun
Inflection
Declension of *gȍstь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *gȍstь | *gȍsti | *gȍstьjē, *gȍsťē* |
| genitive | *gostí | *gostьjù, *gosťu* | *gostь̀jь |
| dative | *gȍsti | *gostьmà | *gȍstьmъ |
| accusative | *gȍstь | *gȍsti | *gȍsti |
| instrumental | *gȍstьmь | *gostьmà | *gostьmì |
| locative | *gostí | *gostьjù, *gosťu* | *gȍstьxъ |
| vocative | *gosti | *gȍsti | *gȍstьjē, *gȍsťē* |
* 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).
Derived terms
- *gostinъ (“guest's, guest-”)
- *gostiti (“to host”)
- *gostina (“hospitality”)
- *gostьba (“dish”)
- *gosti (“female guest”)
Related terms
- *gospodь (“lord; master”)
- *Gostislavъ
- *Bъdigostь
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гость”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gȏstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 180: “m. i (c) ‘guest’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “gostь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 156; PR 138)”