Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gněvъ

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

Probably from the o-grade of *gňiti +‎ *-vъ.

Noun

*gně̀vъ or *gně̑vъ m[1][2]

  1. anger, wrath

Inflection

Declension of *gně̀vъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *gně̀vъ *gně̀va *gně̀vi
genitive *gně̀va *gně̀vu *gně̀vъ
dative *gně̀vu *gně̀voma *gně̀vomъ
accusative *gně̀vъ *gně̀va *gně̀vy
instrumental *gně̀vъmь, *gně̀vomь* *gně̀voma *gně̀vȳ
locative *gně̀vě *gně̀vu *gně̀vě̄xъ
vocative *gně̀ve *gně̀va *gně̀vi

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

Declension of *gně̑vъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *gně̑vъ *gně̑va *gně̑vi
genitive *gně̑va *gněvù *gně̃vъ
dative *gně̑vu *gněvomà *gněvòmъ
accusative *gně̑vъ *gně̑va *gně̑vy
instrumental *gně̑vъmь, *gně̑vomь* *gněvomà *gněvý
locative *gně̑vě *gněvù *gněvě̃xъ
vocative *gněve *gně̑va *gně̑vi

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: гнѣвъ (gněvŭ)
      • Belarusian: гнеў (hnjeŭ)
      • Russian: гнев (gnev)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: гнїв (hnjiv)
      • Ukrainian: гнів (hniv)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: hněv
    • Old Polish: gniew
    • Polabian: *gnev; gnevoi
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian: gniéw
    • Slovak: hnev
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: gniw
      • Upper Sorbian: gněw

Further reading

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

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gně̀vъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 168:m. o (a) ‘anger, wrath’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “gněvъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c vrede (PR 137; RPT 102)