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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьdova
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *widewāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂, possibly from *h₁weydʰh₁-.
Baltic cognates include Old Prussian widdewū (“widow”).
Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit विधवा (vidhavā, “widow”), विधु (vidhùṣ), Ancient Greek ἠΐθεος (ēḯtheos), Latin vidua f (“widow”), viduus, Old Irish fedb f, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍅𐍉 f (widuwō).
Also compare Lithuanian vidùs (“interior”), Latin dīvidō.
Declension
Declension of *vьdovà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *vьdovà | *vьdòvě | *vьdovỳ |
Accusative | *vьdovǫ̀ | *vьdòvě | *vьdovỳ |
Genitive | *vьdovỳ | *vьdovù | *vьdòvъ |
Locative | *vьdově̀ | *vьdovù | *vьdovàsъ, *vьdovàxъ* |
Dative | *vьdově̀ | *vьdovàma | *vьdovàmъ |
Instrumental | *vьdovòjǫ, *vьdòvǫ** | *vьdovàma | *vьdovàmī |
Vocative | *vьdovo | *vьdòvě | *vьdovỳ |
* -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).
** 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).
Related terms
- *vьdovъ
- *vьdovьcь
- *vьdověti, *ovьdověti
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 536
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “вдова”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “вдова”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 136
- Oleg Trubačóv (1959), “вдова”, in Istorija slavjanskix terminov rodstva (in Russian), Moscow, page 112
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