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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/godъ

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 *gadás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to gather, to join”).

Cognate with Latvian gads (“year”), Latgalian gods (“year”), Proto-West Germanic *gad (“union”) and further related to Proto-West Germanic *gadur (“together”).

Noun

*gȍdъ m[1][2][3]

  1. suitable, right time
    Synonym: *doba
  2. holiday, festive season (in West Slavic)
  3. year (in East and South Slavic)

Alternative forms

Inflection
Declension of *gȍdъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *gȍdъ *gȍda *gȍdi
Accusative *gȍdъ *gȍda *gȍdy
Genitive *gȍda *godù *gòdъ
Locative *gȍdě *godù *godě̃xъ
Dative *gȍdu *godomà *godòmъ
Instrumental *gȍdъmь, *gȍdomь* *godomà *godý
Vocative *gode *gȍda *gȍdi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Slovene and dial. Bulgarian (e.g. о́т году до́ году (ót godu dó godu, “for auld lang syne”)) also show evidence for u-stem declension.

Derived terms
  • *godě (“suitably, contently”) (adverb)
  • *godina (“year”)
  • *godežь (“gathering, matching”)
  • *sъgoda (“good, lucky occassion”)
  • *godìti (“to reconcile, to content”)

See also

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: годъ (godŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: hod, hody
    • Kashubian: gòdë
    • Polish: god, gody
    • Slovak: hod
      • Hodi (oravské)
    • Slovincian:
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: hód, hódy
      • Lower Sorbian: gódy

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gȏdъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 172: “m. o ‘right time’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “godъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c tid, frist (PR 137; RPT 84ff.)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “god”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *gȍdъ (in *godъ̏)”
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