Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gavęzь
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Altnernative reconstructions
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “ox's tongue”. Univerbation of Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cattle”) + *ęzy (“tongue”) + *-ь. In Slavic first term is attested in derivative *govędo (“cattle”). The plant's name refers to the shape of the leaves. Compare Serbo-Croatian во̏лови јѐзик/vȍlovi jèzik, Ukrainian воло́вий язи́к (volóvyj jazýk) from *volovъ < *volъ (“ox”).
Similar term exist in Ancient Greek βούγλωσσον (boúglōsson), which was calqued into Persian گاوزبان (gâv-zabân) and later into Arabic لِسَان الثَوْر (lisān aṯ-ṯawr).
Noun
[edit]- comfrey (any plant of the genus Symphytum officinale)
Declension
[edit]Declension of *gàvęzь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *gàvęzь | *gàvęzi | *gàvęzьjē, *gàvęžē* |
genitive | *gàvęzī | *gàvęzьju, *gàvęžu* | *gàvęzьjь, *gàvęzī* |
dative | *gàvęzi | *gàvęzьma | *gàvęzьmъ |
accusative | *gàvęzь | *gàvęzi | *gàvęzi |
instrumental | *gàvęzьmь | *gàvęzьma | *gàvęzьmī |
locative | *gàvęzī | *gàvęzьju, *gàvęžu* | *gàvęzьxъ |
vocative | *gavęzi | *gàvęzi | *gàvęzьjē, *gàvęžē* |
* 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gavęzъ / gavęzь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 111
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “gȃbez”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
Further reading
[edit]- Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1995), “gavęzъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 7 (ga – gobьdzь), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 71
- Bezlaj, France (1976) “gȃvez”, in Etimološki slovar slovenskega jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Slovenian Language] (in Slovene), volumes 1 (A – J), Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, page 141
- Machek, Václav (1968) “havez”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 163
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гавяз”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “га́в'яз”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Skok, Petar (1971) “gavēs”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 555