Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vygъňь

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 forms

  • *vygъňa

Etymology

Seemingly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís (fire), hence a doublet of *ògňь (fire), with the expected reflex of Winter's law.

Noun

*vỳgъňь m

  1. forge, hearth

Declension

Declension of *vỳgъňь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *vỳgъňь *vỳgъňa *vỳgъňi
genitive *vỳgъňa *vỳgъňu *vỳgъňь
dative *vỳgъňu *vỳgъňema *vỳgъňēmъ
accusative *vỳgъňь *vỳgъňa *vỳgъňę̇
instrumental *vỳgъňьmь, *vỳgъňemь* *vỳgъňema *vỳgъňī
locative *vỳgъňi *vỳgъňu *vỳgъňīxъ
vocative *vỳgъňu *vỳgъňa *vỳgъňi

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ви̏гањ
      Latin script: vȉganj
    • Slovene: vígənj (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
  • Non-Slavic:
    • Romani:
      Balkan Romani: vigňaBugurdži, Crimean

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vỳgъņь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 524
  • Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “výheň”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 725