Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/voňь
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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 *wánjāˀ; Derksen suggests a possible derivation as jā-stem from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”).
Noun
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vòňь | *voňì | *voňì |
| genitive | *vòňi | *vòňьju, *voňu* | *voňь̀jь, *vòňi* |
| dative | *voňì | *vòňьma | *voňь̀mъ |
| accusative | *vòňь | *voňì | *voňì |
| instrumental | *vòňьjǫ, *vòňǫ* | *vòňьma | *vòňьmī |
| locative | *vòňi | *vòňьju, *voňu* | *voňь̀xъ |
| vocative | *voňi | *voňì | *voňì |
* 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).
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vòňa | *vòňi | *vòňę̇ |
| genitive | *vòňę̇ | *vòňu | *vòňь |
| dative | *vòňi | *vòňama | *vòňamъ |
| accusative | *vòňǫ | *vòňi | *vòňę̇ |
| instrumental | *vòňejǫ, *vòňǫ** | *vòňama | *vòňamī |
| locative | *vòňi | *vòňu | *vòňasъ, *vòňaxъ* |
| vocative | *voňe | *vòňi | *vòňę̇ |
* -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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- →? Proto-Finnic: *vaina (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вонь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “крыть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 165
References
- ^ Dybo, Vladimir A. (1974‒1975) Лекции по славянской исторической акцентологии (рукописные конспекты) [Lectures on Slavic historical accentology (handwritten abstracts)] (in Russian), Moscow, page 33: “*vònja”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 527