Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/griva

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 *grī́ˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷriHwéh₂.

Noun

*grìva f[1]

  1. mane

Inflection

Declension of *grìva (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *grìva *grìvě *grìvy
genitive *grìvy *grìvu *grìvъ
dative *grìvě *grìvama *grìvamъ
accusative *grìvǫ *grìvě *grìvy
instrumental *grìvojǫ, *grìvǭ** *grìvama *grìvamī
locative *grìvě *grìvu *grìvasъ, *grìvaxъ*
vocative *grìvo *grìvě *grìvy

* -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

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*griva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 129
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “грива”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Olander, Thomas (2001) “griva grivy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a mane (NA 136, 138, 143; SA 18; PR 132; RPT 110)”

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*grìva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 189: “f. ā (a) ‘mane’”
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