Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gvozdъ
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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
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gwesd- (“dense, compact”), apparently via o-stem Proto-Balto-Slavic *gwázdas. Akin to Proto-Germanic *kwastuz (“tuft; tassel”) (u-stem), Albanian gjeth (“foilage”) (i-stem).
Noun
Declension
Declension of *gvòzdъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *gvòzdъ | *gvozdà | *gvozdì |
| genitive | *gvozdà | *gvozdù | *gvòzdъ |
| dative | *gvozdù | *gvozdòma | *gvozdòmъ |
| accusative | *gvòzdъ | *gvozdà | *gvozdỳ |
| instrumental | *gvozdъ̀mь, *gvozdòmь* | *gvozdòma | *gvòzdy |
| locative | *gvozdě̀ | *gvozdù | *gvòzděxъ |
| vocative | *gvozde | *gvozdà | *gvozdì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian: (Kajkavian, archaic)
- Slovene: gọ̏zd, gọ̑zd (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gvozdъ/*gvozdь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 185
References
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “gvozdъ gvozda”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b forest, thicket (NA 119f.; SA 156)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “gozd”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. [...] *gvozdъ̏”