Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьnь

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 *dein-/*din-, from Proto-Indo-European (see *dyew- (“to shine”)):^[1]

Derksen: *d(e)y-n-
Černyx: PIE stem in -en : *deyen-, with thematic vowel *deyn-o- : *din-o- (“day”), root *dey(ə)- : *di- (“to shine”)
ЭССЯ: *din-, from *di-/*dey- (“to shine”) + *-n-

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian dienà (“day”), Latvian dìena (“day”), Old Prussian dēinā (“day”) (Asg. deinan).

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit दिन (dina, “day”), Latin nun-dina (“market day”), Old Irish denus (“spatium temporis”), Proto-Germanic *tīnaz (“day”), Albanian ditë (“day”) (< *din-të). From the *dyew- root, Latin diēs (“day”), Old Irish die (“day”), Old Armenian տիւ (tiw, “day, daytime”), Albanian di.

Noun

*dь̏nь m^[1]^[2]

day

Declension

Accent paradigm c.

*dьnь (irregular n-stem)

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*dьnь	*dьni	*dьne
Accusative	*dьnь	*dьni	*dьni
Genitive	*dьne	*dьnu	*dьnъ
Locative	*dьne	*dьnu	*dьnьxъ
Dative	*dьni	*dьnьma	*dьnьmъ
Instrumental	*dьnьmь	*dьnьma	*dьnьmi
Vocative	*dьnь	*dьni	*dьne

Derived terms

*dьněti
*dьnina
*dьnišče
*dьniti (sę)
*dьnьgubъ, *dьnьguba (“idleness, indolence; idler”)
*dьnьnъ
- *dьnьnica (“morning star”)
*dьnьsь (“today”)
*se dьne, *sego dьne

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: дьнь (dĭnĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: день (denʹ)
    - Belarusian: дзень (dzjenʹ)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: день (denʹ), динь (dynʹ) (Lemko), ден (den)
    - Ukrainian: день (denʹ)
  - Russian: день (denʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: дьнь (dĭnĭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰴⱐⱀⱐ (dĭnĭ)
- Bulgarian: ден (den), дън (dǎn)^[3]
- Macedonian: ден (den)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: да̑н
  
  Latin script: dȃn
- Slovene: dȃn, dȇn (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: den
  - Czech: den
- Old Polish: dzień
  - Polish: dzień
  - Silesian: dziyń
- Polabian: dan
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: dzéń
  - Slovincian: dzeń
- Old Slovak: deň
  - Pannonian Rusyn: дзень (dzenʹ)
  - Slovak: deň
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: dźeń
  - Lower Sorbian: źeń
    - (Schleifer dialect): dźeń

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dь̑nь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 134: “m. n (c) ‘day’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “dьnь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (OSA 210; PR 138)”
^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ден”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 341

[EDSIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dь̑nь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 134: “m. n (c) ‘day’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “dьnь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (OSA 210; PR 138)”

[3] Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ден”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 341

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