Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gordьcь

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 *gordъ +‎ *-ьcь.

Noun

*gordьcь m

1. diminutive of *gordъ

   Synonym: *gordъkъ

Inflection

Declension of *gordьcь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gordьcь	*gordьca	*gordьci
genitive	*gordьca	*gordьcu	*gordьcь
dative	*gordьcu	*gordьcema	*gordьcemъ
accusative	*gordьcь	*gordьca	*gordьcę̇
instrumental	*gordьcьmь, *gordьcemь*	*gordьcema	*gordьci
locative	*gordьci	*gordьcu	*gordьcixъ
vocative	*gordьče	*gordьca	*gordьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: городьць (gorodĭcĭ), Городьць (Gorodĭcĭ)
    • Russian: городе́ц (gorodéc), Городе́ц (Gorodéc)
    • Ukrainian: горо́дець (horódecʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: градьць (gradĭcĭ)

  • Bulgarian: граде́ц (gradéc)
  • Macedonian: градец (gradec)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: гра́дац, Гра́дац

    Latin script: grádac, Grádac

  • Slovene: grȃdəc, Grȃdəc (tonal orthography)
  • → Middle High German: Graz
    • German: Graz
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: hradec
    • Czech: hradec, Hradec
  • Old Polish: grodziec
    • Polish: grodziec, Grodziec, Grójec

Further Reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gordьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 39