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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gorazdъ

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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

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Etymology

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Disputed. Traditionally speculated to be a Gothic borrowing[1], presumably from an unattested *ga- (co-) +‎ *razdaz (sound, melodic), probably originally meaning “consonant, coherent”. If correct, then akin to Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐌰 (razda, speech). A problem with this hypothesis is that the expected proto-Slavic reflex of the proposed Germanic term should be **gorozdъ. Adolf Stender-Petersen alternatively proposes a native origin from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (to turn, to grasp, to craft) + *-azdъ.

Adjective

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*gorazdъ[1]

  1. skilful, capable
  2. experienced, successful, prominent (in a field of expertise)
    great, important

Declension

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(probably) Accent paradigm B.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Pronk-Tiethoff, Saskia E. (2013) The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic[1], Amsterdam - New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 149:PSl. *gorazdъ ‘experienced, able’ (adj.)
  2. ^ Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2000), “гораздъ, гараздъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 7 (головнѣйший – десѧтина), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 21

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гораздо”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gorazdъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 32
  • Stender-Petersen, Adolf (1927) “Zur Etymologie des urslav. gorazdъ”, in Slavia 5, page 675