Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gliva

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 *gléiˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-weh₂, from *gleh₁y- (to smear, stick). Cognates with Latvian glīve (green slime on water; mire), Lithuanian gléivės (slime), gléivos ((dialectal) slime).[1]

Noun

*glìva f[1]

  1. fungus

Inflection

Declension of *glìva (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *glìva *glìvě *glìvy
genitive *glìvy *glìvu *glìvъ
dative *glìvě *glìvama *glìvamъ
accusative *glìvǫ *glìvě *glìvy
instrumental *glìvojǫ, *glìvǭ** *glìvama *glìvamī
locative *glìvě *glìvu *glìvasъ, *glìvaxъ*
vocative *glìvo *glìvě *glìvy

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: гли́ва (glíva)
    • Ukrainian: глива (hlyva)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*glìva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 165