Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vijunъ

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

*vijunъ

Etymology

From *vìti (“to bend, to twist”) (*vijǫ) +‎ *-unъ.

Noun

*vijunъ m

1. loach, weatherfish (fish of the genus Misgurnus)

Declension

Declension of *vijunъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vijunъ	*vijuna	*vijuni
genitive	*vijuna	*vijunu	*vijunъ
dative	*vijunu	*vijunoma	*vijunomъ
accusative	*vijunъ	*vijuna	*vijuny
instrumental	*vijunъmь, *vijunomь*	*vijunoma	*vijuny
locative	*vijuně	*vijunu	*vijuněxъ
vocative	*vijune	*vijuna	*vijuni

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: вьюнъ (vʹjun), въю́нъ (vʺjún), вю́нъ (vjún), ую́нъ (ujún)
    • Belarusian: ую́н (ujún); в'юн (vʺjun), юн (jun) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: в'юн (vʺjun); вою́н (vojún) (dialectal)
  • Middle Russian: вьюнъ (vʹjun)
    • Russian: вьюн (vʹjun)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: виюн (vijun)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: вијон, вијун

    Latin script: vijon, vijun

    ⇒ Cyrillic script: вијулан, вијунац, вијунка

    ⇒ Latin script: vijulan, vijunac, vijunka

• West Slavic:
  • Polish: wijun (dialectal)

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Lithuanian: vijū̃nas, vijū́nas
    • → Belarusian: вiю́н (vijún) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Anikin, A. E. (2015) “вьюн I”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 9 (врандовать – галоп), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 226
• Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972) “в'юн”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 506