Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Dunavь

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 reconstructions

  • *Dunajь

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Dōnawjaz, from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos (whence also Danubius), an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river goddess”), akin to *dʰenh₂- (“to set in motion; to flow”).

Proper noun

*Dunavь m[1]

  1. Danube

Declension

Declension of *Dunavь (i-stem, uncountable)
singular
nominative *Dunavь
genitive *Dunavi
dative *Dunavi
accusative *Dunavь
instrumental *Dunavьmь
locative *Dunavi
vocative *Dunavi

* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: Дунаи (Dunai)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: Доунавъ (Dunavŭ)
      Glagolitic script: Ⰴⱆⱀⰰⰲⱏ (Dunavŭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: Ду̀нав, Ду̀на̑ј
      Latin script: Dùnav, Dùnȃj
    • Slovene: Dúnaj (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dunavь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 156

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Дуна́й”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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