Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vojьna

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 *vojьnъ (“related to war”) +‎ *-a, from *vojь (“soldier”).[1][2]

Noun

*vojьna f[1]

  1. war

Declension

Declension of *vojьna (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *vojьna *vojьně *vojьny
genitive *vojьny *vojьnu *vojьnъ
dative *vojьně *vojьnama *vojьnamъ
accusative *vojьnǫ *vojьně *vojьny
instrumental *vojьnojǫ, *vojьnǫ** *vojьnama *vojьnami
locative *vojьně *vojьnu *vojьnasъ, *vojьnaxъ*
vocative *vojьno *vojьně *vojьny

* -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: воина (voina)
    • Old Novgorodian: воина (voina)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vojьna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 524: “f. ā 'war'”
  2. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “wojna”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 706
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