Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Bogodanъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *bogъ (“god”) + *-o- + *danъ (“given”).
Proper noun
*Bogodanъ m
- alternative form of *Bogъdanъ
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *Bogodanъ | *Bogodana | *Bogodani |
| genitive | *Bogodana | *Bogodanu | *Bogodanъ |
| dative | *Bogodanu | *Bogodanoma | *Bogodanomъ |
| accusative | *Bogodanъ | *Bogodana | *Bogodany |
| instrumental | *Bogodanъmь, *Bogodanomь* | *Bogodanoma | *Bogodany |
| locative | *Bogodaně | *Bogodanu | *Bogodaněxъ |
| vocative | *Bogodane | *Bogodana | *Bogodani |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: Богоданъ (Bogodanŭ)
- West Slavic:
- Polish: Bogodan
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bogodanъ / *bogъdanъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 02 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 159