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]^[2]^[3]^[4]

admiration, delight, astonishment
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

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

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dȋvo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 108: “n. s (c) ‘miracle’”
^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1979), “divo”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 3 (davьnъ – dobirati sę), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 221
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*divo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 33
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “divo divese”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 82; PR 138)”