Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dъno

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 earlier *dъbno, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dúbna, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubʰnóm. Cognate with Lithuanian dùgnas (“bottom”) (< *dùbnas) and akin to Old Prussian padaubis (“dale”).

Per Trubačev, perhaps grammaticized from the oblique form of an earlier r/n-stem, whose direct reflex had yielded Proto-Slavic *dъbrь.

Noun

*dъnò n

1. bottom, base

Alternative forms

• *bъno < earlier *bъdno (attested in Sorbian)

Inflection

Declension of *dъnò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dъnò	*dъ̀ně	*dъnà
genitive	*dъnà	*dъnù	*dъ̀nъ
dative	*dъnù	*dъnòma	*dъnòmъ
accusative	*dъnò	*dъ̀ně	*dъnà
instrumental	*dъnъ̀mь, *dъnòmь*	*dъnòma	*dъ̀ny
locative	*dъně̀	*dъnù	*dъ̀něxъ
vocative	*dъnò	*dъ̀ně	*dъnà

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *dъniti (“to dig down, to knock off”)
  • *jьzdъniti, *vydъniti
  • *orzdъniti
  • *perdъniti
  • *prodъniti
  • *zadъniti
• *dъnьce (diminutive)
• *dъnišče (augmentative)
• *dъnъkъ, *dъňakъ (“caecum (of animal)”)
• *dъnerъ (“trunk, bole”)
• *kъdъnь (“towards the bottom”)
  • ⇒ Kashubian: Gdania (river name)
  • ⇒ Polish: Gdańsk, Gdynia (towns)
• *dъnovъ (“bottom”)
  • *dъnovina (“sea/lake floor”)
• *dъnьnъ (“bottom, demersal”)
  • *dъnьnikъ (“bottom support, cushion”)
  • *dъnьnica (“demersal fish or plant”)
• *bezdъnъ (“bottomless”) > later *bezdъnьnъ
  • *bezdъna (“abyss”)

Related terms

• *dъbrь > later *dьbrь (“dale, gorge, ravine”)
• *dъbolъ (“furrow, duct”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: дъно (dŭno)
    • Belarusian: дно (dno)
    • Russian: дно (dno)
      • (Pskov-Novgorod circle): до́на (dóna) (nominative–accusative plural) < *dъ̀na
    • Ukrainian: дно (dno)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: дъно (dŭno)

    Glagolitic script: ⰴⱏⱀⱁ (dŭno)

  • Bulgarian: дъ́но (dǎ́no); дно (dno) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: дно (dno)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: дно̏

    Latin script: dnȍ

    • Montenegrin (Piperi): dnȍ
  • Slovene: dnò
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: dno
    • Czech: dno
  • Polabian: dånü
  • Polish: dno
  • Slovak: dno
  • Slovincian: dnô
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: dno
    • Lower Sorbian: dno

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дно”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “дно”, 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 257
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dъbno”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 174
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “дно”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дъно”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 457