Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/voňь

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 *wánjāˀ; Derksen suggests a possible derivation as jā-stem from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”).

Noun

*vòňь or *vòňa f[1][2]

  1. smell

Declension

Declension of *vòňь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *vòňь *voňì *voňì
genitive *vòňi *vòňьju, *voňu* *voňь̀jь, *vòňi*
dative *voňì *vòňьma *voňь̀mъ
accusative *vòňь *voňì *voňì
instrumental *vòňьjǫ, *vòňǫ* *vòňьma *vòňьmī
locative *vòňi *vòňьju, *voňu* *voňь̀xъ
vocative *voňi *voňì *voňì

* 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).

Declension of *vòňa (soft a-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *vòňa *vòňi *vòňę̇
genitive *vòňę̇ *vòňu *vòňь
dative *vòňi *vòňama *vòňamъ
accusative *vòňǫ *vòňi *vòňę̇
instrumental *vòňejǫ, *vòňǫ** *vòňama *vòňamī
locative *vòňi *vòňu *vòňasъ, *vòňaxъ*
vocative *voňe *vòňi *vòňę̇

* -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:
    • Old East Slavic: вонꙗ (vonja)
      • Old Ruthenian: вонь (vonʹ), вонꙗ (vonja)
      • Middle Russian: вонь (vonʹ), вонꙗ (vonja)
        • Russian: вонь (vonʹ, “stench, bad smell”)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
  • Non-Slavic:
    • →? Proto-Finnic: *vaina (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вонь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “крыть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 165

References

  1. ^ Dybo, Vladimir A. (1974‒1975) Лекции по славянской исторической акцентологии (рукописные конспекты) [Lectures on Slavic historical accentology (handwritten abstracts)]‎[1] (in Russian), Moscow, page 33: “*vònja”
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 527
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