Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Bogъdanъ

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

Alternative forms

*Bogodanъ

Etymology

Possibly calque of Iranian (cp. Old Persian *Bagadātah (“god-given, given by god”) ) or calque of Ancient Greek Θεόδοτος (Theódotos, literally “given by God”) or Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros, “Theodore”, literally “gift of God”). Morphologically from *bogъ (“god”) +‎ *danъ (“given”), the passive participle of *dati (“to give”).

Proper noun

*Bogъdanъ m

a male given name, Bogdan or Bohdan

Declension

Declension of *Bogъdanъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Bogъdanъ	*Bogъdana	*Bogъdani
genitive	*Bogъdana	*Bogъdanu	*Bogъdanъ
dative	*Bogъdanu	*Bogъdanoma	*Bogъdanomъ
accusative	*Bogъdanъ	*Bogъdana	*Bogъdany
instrumental	Bogъdanъmь, Bogъdanomь^*	*Bogъdanoma	*Bogъdany
locative	*Bogъdaně	*Bogъdanu	*Bogъdaněxъ
vocative	*Bogъdane	*Bogъdana	*Bogъdani

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

Descendants

East Slavic
- Old East Slavic: Богъданъ (Bogŭdanŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: Богданъ (Bohdan)
    - Belarusian: Багда́н (Bahdán)
    - Ukrainian: Богда́н (Bohdán)
  - Russian: Богда́н (Bogdán)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: Бо́гдан (Bógdan)
- Macedonian: Бо́гдан (Bógdan)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin script: Bògdān
  
  Cyrillic script: Бо̀гда̄н
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: Bohdan
  - Czech: Bohdan m, Bohdana f
- Polish: Bogdan
- Slovak: Bohdan m, Bohdana f
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: Bogdàn
  - Upper Sorbian: Bóhdăn

Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: Bogdan
- → Hungarian: Bogdán

References

Rudolf Krajčović (2007), Z historickej lexiky, in "Kultúra slova", roč. 41, č. 3, p. 157f
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bogodanъ/*bogъdanъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 159