Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slovo

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *ślawas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwos (“fame”). Cognate with Sanskrit श्रवस् (śravas).

Noun

*slȍvo n

1. word

Inflection

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*slȍvo	*slȍvesi	*slovesà
genitive	*slȍvese	*slovesù	*slovèsъ
dative	*slȍvesi	*slovesьmà	*slovèsьmъ
accusative	*slȍvo	*slȍvesi	*slovesà
instrumental	*slȍvesьmь	*slovesьmà	*slovesý
locative	*slȍvese	*slovesù	*slovèsьxъ
vocative	*slȍvo	*slȍvesi	*slovesà

Related terms

• *slava (“fame”)
• *sluti (“be called”)
• *slyšati (“to hear”)
• *slušati (“to listen”)
• *slȗxъ (“hearing; rumor”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: слово (slovo)
    • Old Ruthenian: слово (slovo)
      • Belarusian: сло́ва (slóva)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: сло́во (slóvo)
      • Ukrainian: сло́во (slóvo)
    • Russian: сло́во (slóvo)
  • Old Novgorodian: слово (slovo)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: слово (slovo)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⰾⱁⰲⱁ (slovo)

  • Bulgarian: сло́во (slóvo)
  • Macedonian: слово (slovo)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: сло̏во

    Latin script: slȍvo

  • Slovene: slovọ̑ (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: slovo, słovo (alternative writing)
    • Czech: slovo
  • Old Polish: słowo
    • Polish: słowo
    • Silesian: słowo
  • Polabian: slüvü
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: słowò
    • Slovincian: slôwô
  • Old Slovak:
    • Pannonian Rusyn: слово (slovo)
    • Slovak: slovo
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: słowo
    • Lower Sorbian: słowo

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Romanian: slovă

Further reading

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