Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zojь

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

Formed as *zoj- +‎ *-ь. Further from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źaj-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂ey-, from *ǵʰeh₂-.

Noun

*zòjь m

1. noise, scream, uproar
2. quarrel, fight

Declension

Declension of *zòjь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zòjь	*zojà	*zojì
genitive	*zojà	*zojù	*zòjь
dative	*zojù	*zojèma	*zòjemъ
accusative	*zòjь	*zojà	*zoję̇̀
instrumental	*zojь̀mь, *zojèmь*	*zojèma	*zòji
locative	*zojì	*zojù	*zòjixъ
vocative	*zoju	*zojà	*zojì

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

Derived terms

nouns

• *zojьkъ m (“wail, scream, yell”)

 

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰeh₂- (0 c, 13 e)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *зои (*zoi)
    • Russian: зой (zoj), зоя f (zoja) (dialectal)
      • ⇒ Russian: зойный (zojnyj) (dialectal)
      • ⇒ Russian: зойливый (zojlivyj) (dialectal)
      • ⇒ Russian: назо́й (nazój) (dialectal)
        • ⇒ Russian: назо́йливый (nazójlivyj)
          • →? Belarusian: назо́йлівы (nazójlivy)
          • ⇒ Russian: назо́йливость (nazójlivostʹ)
        • ⇒ Russian: назо́йный (nazójnyj) (dialectal)
          • ⇒ Russian: назо́йник (nazójnik) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Russian: зо́ить (zóitʹ), зои́ться (zoítʹsja) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1967) “зой”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 103
• Vasmer, Max (1972) “назо́йливый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Муза – Сят), Moscow: Progress, page 39
• Preobrazhensky, A. G. (1910–1914) “назо́йливъ”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – О), numbers 1–9, Moscow: G. Lissner & D. Sobko Publishing House, page 590
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “назо́йливый”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 557
• Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “назойливый”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 561