Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/govьno

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.

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gawāˀ, of uncertain origin:

• Originally "cow dung", from *govьno (“cow's”) +‎ some noun, from adjective *govьnъ, from *gov-, from *gʷṓws (“cow”). Compare Old Prussian aswinan (dadan) (“mare's milk”). Related to *govędo (“cattlehead”), *gumьno (“threshing floor”).
• From Proto-Indo-European *gʷewH-. Related to Sanskrit गूथ (gūtha, “feces”) and *gaviti (“to disgust”).

*govьnò n^[1][2][3]

1. shit

   Synonym: *lajьno

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: говьно (govĭno)
    • Belarusian: гаўно́ (haŭnó)
    • Russian: говно́ (govnó), гомно́ (gomnó)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: говно (hovno)
    • Ukrainian: гівно́ (hivnó), гімно́ (himnó)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: говно́ (govnó)
  • Macedonian: го́мно (gómno)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: го́вно

    Latin script: góvno

  • Slovene: góvno (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: hovno
  • Old Polish: gówno
    • Polish: gówno
    • Silesian: gōwno
  • Polabian: ďünă
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: gòwno
    • Slovincian: gównô
  • Slovak: hovno
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: gowno
    • Upper Sorbian: howno

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “говно”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*govьno”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 77
• Anikin, A. E. (2017) “говно”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 11 (глюки – грайка), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 73