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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/govьno
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gawāˀ, of uncertain origin:
- Originally "cow dung", from *govьno (“cow's”) + some noun, from adjective *govьnъ, from *gov-, from *gʷṓws (“cow”). Compare Old Prussian aswinan (dadan) (“mare's milk”). Related to *govędo (“cattlehead”), *gumьno (“threshing floor”).
- From Proto-Indo-European *gʷewh₁-. Related to Sanskrit गूथ (gūtha, “feces”) and *gaviti (“to disgust”).
Inflection
Declension of *govьnò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *govьnò | *govь̀ně | *govьnà |
| Accusative | *govьnò | *govь̀ně | *govьnà |
| Genitive | *govьnà | *govьnù | *govь̀nъ |
| Locative | *govьně̀ | *govьnù | *govь̀něxъ |
| Dative | *govьnù | *govьnòma | *govьnòmъ |
| Instrumental | *govьnъ̀mь, *govьnòmь* | *govьnòma | *govь̀ny |
| Vocative | *govьnò | *govь̀ně | *govьnà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “говно”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*govьno”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 77
- Anikin, A. E. (2017), “говно”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 11 (глюки – грайка), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 73
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*govьnò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 182: “n. o (b) ‘shit’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “govьno”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b lort (PR 135)”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “gọ́vno”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*govьnȍ”
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