Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/glěvъ

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

  • *glěvь f
  • *glěva f

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gláiˀwas, from Proto-Indo-European *gloh₁y-wo-s, from *gleh₁y- (“to smear, stick”). Cognate with Ancient Greek γλοιός (gloiós, “glutinous substance”).[1]

Noun

*glěvъ m

  1. slime

Inflection

Declension of *glěvъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *glěvъ *glěva *glěvi
genitive *glěva *glěvu *glěvъ
dative *glěvu *glěvoma *glěvomъ
accusative *glěvъ *glěva *glěvy
instrumental *glěvъmь, *glěvomь* *glěvoma *glěvy
locative *glěvě *glěvu *glěvěxъ
vocative *glěve *glěva *glěvi

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: глёв m (gljov), глевь f (glevʹ), глева f (gleva)
    • Ukrainian: гливкий m (hlyvkyj), глевкий m (hlevkyj), глива f (hlyva)

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*glěvъ; *glěvь; *glěva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 163

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “глев”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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