Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slava
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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 *ślā́ˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-.
Cognate with Lithuanian šlovė̃ (“honour, fame”) (stress pattern 3/4), Samogitian šlóvė (“honour, fame”) (stress pattern 1), Sanskrit श्रवस् (śravas, “glory, fame”), Latvian slava, slãve, slavs (“fame”), and Ancient Greek κλέος (kléos, “rumour, fame, glory, renown”).
Noun
Declension
Declension of *slàva (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *slàva | *slàvě | *slàvy |
| genitive | *slàvy | *slàvu | *slàvъ |
| dative | *slàvě | *slàvama | *slàvamъ |
| accusative | *slàvǫ | *slàvě | *slàvy |
| instrumental | *slàvojǫ, *slàvǭ** | *slàvama | *slàvamī |
| locative | *slàvě | *slàvu | *slàvasъ, *slàvaxъ* |
| vocative | *slàvo | *slàvě | *slàvy |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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).
Related terms
- *slȍvo (“word”)
- *sluti (“be called”)
- *slyšati (“to hear”)
- *slyti (“have a reputation”)
- *slušati (“to listen”)
- *slȗxъ (“hearing; rumor”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- → Romanian: slavă
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “слава”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*slàva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 453: “f. ā (a) ‘glory, fame’”