Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gonъ

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰón-o-s, from *gʷʰen- (“to slay, strike”). Cognate to Ancient Greek φόνος (phónos, “murder”) and Sanskrit घन (ghaná, “destroyer, murderer; slaying, murder”).

Noun

*gònъ m[1]

  1. chase, pursuit
  2. (by extension) hunt
    Synonym: *lovъ

Inflection

Declension of *gònъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *gònъ *gonà *gonì
genitive *gonà *gonù *gònъ
dative *gonù *gonòma *gonòmъ
accusative *gònъ *gonà *gonỳ
instrumental *gonъ̀mь, *gonòmь* *gonòma *gòny
locative *goně̀ *gonù *gòněxъ
vocative *gone *gonà *gonì

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: гонъ (gonŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: gȍn (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:


References

  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “gonъ gona”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b plowed furrow (NA 120)”
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