Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gojь

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 *gajas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷoyh₃-o-s, from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”). Compare Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬊 (gaiio, “life”).

Noun

*gȍjь m^[1]^[2]

Inflection

Declension of *gȍjь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gȍjь	*gȍja	*gȍji
genitive	*gȍja	*gojù	*gòjь
dative	*gȍju	*gojemà	*gojèmъ
accusative	*gȍjь	*gȍja	*gȍję̇
instrumental	gȍjьmь, gȍjemь^*	*gojemà	*gojí
locative	*gȍji	*gojù	*gojĩxъ
vocative	*goju	*gȍja	*gȍji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: гои (goi)
  - Russian: гой (goj) (archaic)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian: gȏj
- Slovene: gȍj (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: hoj
- Slovak: hoj (poetic)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gȏjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 170: “m. jo (c)”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “gojь goja”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c abundance, peaceful life (NA 101)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gȏjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 170: “m. jo (c)”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “gojь goja”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c abundance, peaceful life (NA 101)”

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