Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gumьno

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gaw- ~ *gōw-, explained by Pogodin[1] as compounded in pre-Proto-Slavic with its descendant of Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws—predecessor of *govь (“cow”) visible in *govędo (“cattlehead”), *govьno (“dung”), and *gavęzь (“bugloss”)—with *mьno formed from the stem of *męti (“to crumple, to scutch”) +‎ *-o—the second noun is confirmed by Latvian mīnas m, mīne f (“clay puddling pit”).

Noun

*gumьnò n[2][3]

  1. threshing floor

Declension

Declension of *gūmьnò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *gūmьnò *gumь̀ně *gūmьnà
genitive *gūmьnà *gūmьnù *gumь̀nъ
dative *gūmьnù *gūmьnòma *gūmьnòmъ
accusative *gūmьnò *gumь̀ně *gūmьnà
instrumental *gūmьnъ̀mь, *gūmьnòmь* *gūmьnòma *gumь̀ny
locative *gūmьně̀ *gūmьnù *gumь̀něxъ
vocative *gūmьnò *gumь̀ně *gūmьnà

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: гꙋмьно (gumĭno)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Погодинъ, Александръ Львовичъ (1903) Слѣды корней-основъ въ славянскихъ языкахъ (in Russian), Warsaw, pages 234–235
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gumьnò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 195: “n. o (b) ‘threshing-floor’”
  3. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “gumьno”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b lo (PR 135)”

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гумно”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*govędo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 173
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