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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gonъ

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰón-o-s, from *gʷʰen- (“to slay, strike”). Cognate to Ancient Greek φόνος (phónos, “murder”) and Sanskrit घन (ghaná, “destroyer, murderer; slaying, murder”).

Noun

*gònъ m[1]

  1. chase, pursuit
  2. (by extension) hunt
    Synonym: *lovъ

Inflection
Declension of *gònъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *gònъ *gonà *gonì
Accusative *gònъ *gonà *gonỳ
Genitive *gonà *gonù *gònъ
Locative *goně̀ *gonù *gòněxъ
Dative *gonù *gonòma *gonòmъ
Instrumental *gonъ̀mь, *gonòmь* *gonòma *gòny
Vocative *gone *gonà *gonì
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: гонъ (gonŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: gȍn (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “gonъ gona”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b plowed furrow (NA 120)”
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