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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gorazdъ

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

Disputed. Traditionally speculated to be a Gothic borrowing[1], presumably from an unattested *ga- (co-) + *razdaz (sound, melodic), probably originally meaning “consonant, coherent”. If correct, then akin to Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐌰 (razda, speech). A problem with this hypothesis is that the expected proto-Slavic reflex of the proposed Germanic term should be **gorozdъ. Stender-Petersen alternatively proposes a native origin from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (to turn, to grasp, to craft) + *-azdъ.

Adjective

*gorazdъ[1]

  1. skilful, capable
  2. experienced, successful, prominent (in a field of expertise)
    great, important

Declension

(probably) Accent paradigm B.

Derived terms

  • *gorazditi (to rage; to construct, to rise)
    • *gorazda (disturbance)
  • *gorazdьnъ (grand, eminant)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: гораздъ (gorazdŭ), гораздꙑи (gorazdyj)
      • Belarusian: гора́здый (horázdyj)
      • Russian: гора́зд (gorázd), гара́здый (garázdyj) (dialectal)
      • Old Ukrainian: гораздъ (horazd), гараздъ (harazd)[2]
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: Гораздъ (Gorazdŭ) (personal name)
    • Serbo-Croatian: Goražde (Bosnian, toponym)
    • Slovene: Górazd (personal name)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: horazd (big)
    • Old Polish: gorazdy (successful, agile)

References

  1. Pronk-Tiethoff, Saskia E. (2013) The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic (in English), Amsterdam - New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 149: “PSl. *gorazdъ ‘experienced, able’ (adj.)”
  2. Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2000), гораздъ, гараздъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 7 (головнѣйший – десѧтина), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 21

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