Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vijunъ

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 *vìti (“to bend, to twist”) (*vijǫ) +‎ *-unъ.

Noun

*vijunъ m

  1. loach, weatherfish (fish of the genus Misgurnus)

Declension

Declension of *vijunъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *vijunъ *vijuna *vijuni
genitive *vijuna *vijunu *vijunъ
dative *vijunu *vijunoma *vijunomъ
accusative *vijunъ *vijuna *vijuny
instrumental *vijunъmь, *vijunomь* *vijunoma *vijuny
locative *vijuně *vijunu *vijuněxъ
vocative *vijune *vijuna *vijuni

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: вьюнъ (vʹjun), въю́нъ (vʺjún), вю́нъ (vjún), ую́нъ (ujún)
      • Belarusian: ую́н (ujún); в'юн (vʺjun), юн (jun) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: в'юн (vʺjun); вою́н (vojún) (dialectal)
    • Middle Russian: вьюнъ (vʹjun)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: виюн (vijun)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: вијон, вијун
      Latin script: vijon, vijun
      ⇒ Cyrillic script: вијулан, вијунац, вијунка
      ⇒ Latin script: vijulan, vijunac, vijunka
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: wijun (dialectal)
  • Non-Slavic:
    • → Lithuanian: vijū̃nas, vijū́nas
      • → Belarusian: вiю́н (vijún) (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Anikin, A. E. (2015) “вьюн I”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 9 (врандовать – галоп), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 226
  • Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972) “в'юн”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 506
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