Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/divo

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

Deverbal from *diviti.

Noun

*dȋvo n

1. admiration, delight, astonishment
2. that which causes delight; wonder, miracle

Inflection

Declension of *dȋvo (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dȋvo	*dȋvě	*divà
genitive	*dȋva	*divù	*dĩvъ
dative	*dȋvu	*divomà	*divòmъ
accusative	*dȋvo	*dȋvě	*divà
instrumental	*dȋvъmь, *dȋvomь*	*divomà	*divý
locative	*dȋvě	*divù	*divě̃xъ
vocative	*dȋvo	*dȋvě	*divà

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

S-stem probably under influence of synonymous *čudo:

Declension of *dȋvo (s-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dȋvo	*dȋvesi	*divesà
genitive	*dȋvese	*divesù	*divèsъ
dative	*dȋvesi	*divesьmà	*divèsьmъ
accusative	*dȋvo	*dȋvesi	*divesà
instrumental	*dȋvesьmь	*divesьmà	*divesý
locative	*dȋvese	*divesù	*divèsьxъ
vocative	*dȋvo	*dȋvesi	*divesà

Related terms

• *diviti
• *divъ
• *divьnъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: диво (divo)
    • Belarusian: дзі́ва (dzíva)
    • Russian: ди́во (dívo)
    • Ukrainian: ди́во (dývo)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: диво (divo)

    Glagolitic script: ⰴⰻⰲⱁ (divo)

    • Church Slavonic: диво (divo)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ди̑во

    Latin script: dȋvo

• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: dziwo
    • Polish: dziwo
      • → Czech: divo
  • Slovak: (dialectal) divo

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ди́во”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress