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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/golva

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 *galˀwā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH-.

Noun

*golvà f[1][2]

  1. head
  2. (dialectal, West and East Slavic) murder, killed person

Inflection
Declension of *golvà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *golvà *gȏlvě *gȏlvy
Accusative *gȏlvǫ *gȏlvě *gȏlvy
Genitive *golvý *golvù *gõlvъ
Locative *gȏlvě *golvù *golvàsъ, *golvàxъ*
Dative *golvě̀ *golvàma *golvàmъ
Instrumental *golvojǫ́ *golvàma *golvàmi
Vocative *golvo *gȏlvě *gȏlvy
* -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.

Derived terms
  • *golvьnъ (adj.)
    • *golvьnikъ (“householder, leader, (dialectal) killer”)
  • *golvica (“head”) (diminutive)
  • *golvišče (“head”) (augmentative)
  • *golvatъ, *golvačь (“big-head”)
  • *golvitъ (“main, capital”)
  • *golvъka (“head of an instrument”)
  • *golvina (augmentative)
  • *agolvo (“kill, killed”)
  • *golvъ (“headed”)

Descendants

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*golvà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 176: “f. ā (c) ‘head’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “golva golvy”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c head (NA 134, 140, 143; SA 24, 27, 30f., 33, 84, 172, 243; PR 135, 138; MP 20)”
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