Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/govьno
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 *gʷewH-. Related to Sanskrit गूथ (gūtha, “feces”) and *gaviti (“to disgust”).
Noun
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *govьnò | *govь̀ně | *govьnà |
| genitive | *govьnà | *govьnù | *govь̀nъ |
| dative | *govьnù | *govьnòma | *govьnòmъ |
| accusative | *govьnò | *govь̀ně | *govьnà |
| instrumental | *govьnъ̀mь, *govьnòmь* | *govьnòma | *govь̀ny |
| locative | *govьně̀ | *govьnù | *govь̀něxъ |
| 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 Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*govьno”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 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[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b lort (PR 135)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “gọ́vno”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*govьnȍ”