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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Gostislavъ

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 *gȍstь (guest) + *slàva (glory, fame). Compare Proto-Norse ᚺᛚᛖᚹᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (hlewagastiʀ).

Proper noun

*Gostislàvъ m

  1. a male given name, Gostislav

Declension

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: Гостисла́в (Hostysláv) (obsolete, rare)
    • Russian: Гостисла́в (Gostisláv) (obsolete, rare)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: Hostislav
    • Old Polish: Gościsław, Goscław
    • Slovak: Hosťislaw (Bernolák ortography)
    • ? Swedish: Gustav

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gostislavъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 66
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