Reconstruction:Old Novgorodian/гвѣꙁда

This Old Novgorodian 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.

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gvě̄zdà, *zvě̄zdà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gwaizdā́ˀ, *źwaizdā́ˀ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.[1] Cognate with Old East Slavic звѣзда (zvězda), Old Church Slavonic ѕвѣзда / ⰷⰲⱑⰸⰴⰰ (dzvězda), Old Polish gwiazda, Old Czech hvězda, Old Slovak hviezda.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: *гвѣ‧ꙁда

Noun

*гвѣꙁда • (*gvězdaf

  1. star

Declension

Derived terms

nouns

Descendants

  • Russian: гвезда́ (gvezdá), гвязда (gvjazda) (Pskov, Onega)
    • Russian: Гвездено (Gvezdeno) (toponym); Гвезденка (Gvezdenka) (hydronym)
  • Russian: огве́здить (ogvézditʹ, to hit hard) (Bezhetsk); гвездануть (gvezdanutʹ) (dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2016) “гвезда́”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 10 (галочка – глыча), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 151