Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vojevoda
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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 *vojь (“warrior”) + *-e- + *voda (“lead, conduct”).
Noun
Declension
Declension of *vojevoda (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vojevoda | *vojevodě | *vojevody |
| genitive | *vojevody | *vojevodu | *vojevodъ |
| dative | *vojevodě | *vojevodama | *vojevodamъ |
| accusative | *vojevodǫ | *vojevodě | *vojevody |
| instrumental | *vojevodojǫ, *vojevodǫ** | *vojevodama | *vojevodami |
| locative | *vojevodě | *vojevodu | *vojevodasъ, *vojevodaxъ* |
| vocative | *vojevodo | *vojevodě | *vojevody |
* -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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Bulgarian: войво́да (vojvóda)
- Macedonian: војвода (vojvoda)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- → English: Vojvodina
- Slovene: vọ̑jvoda (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
References
- ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “wojewoda”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 706
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “воєвода”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “vọ̑jvoda”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
Further reading
- Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “ваявода”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
- Machek, Václav (1968) “vévoda”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 687
- Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “vévoda”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 748
- Králik, Ľubor (2016) “vojvoda”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 666