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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lovъ

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

Equivalent to *loviti (“to hunt”) +‎ *-ъ. From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“to capture, enjoy”). Akin to Proto-Germanic *launą (“award”), whence German Lohn and from there Slovene lọ̑n (“payment”).

Noun

*lȍvъ m[1][2]

  1. hunt, hunting

Inflection
Declension of *lȍvъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *lȍvъ *lȍva *lȍvi
genitive *lȍva *lovù *lòvъ
dative *lȍvu *lovomà *lovòmъ
accusative *lȍvъ *lȍva *lȍvy
instrumental *lȍvъmь, *lȍvomь* *lovomà *lový
locative *lȍvě *lovù *lově̃xъ
vocative *love *lȍva *lȍvi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *ulovъ (“prey, loot”)
  • *zvěrolovъ, *zvěrolovьstvo (“animal hunting”)
  • *pъticelovъ, *pъticelovьstvo (“bird hunting”)
  • *rybolovъ, *rybolovьstvo (“fishing”)
  • *lovьcь, *lovačь, *lovičь (“hunter”)
  • *lovľa, *lovitva (“hunting event”)
  • *lovisko, *lovišče (“hunting ground”)
  • *lovьnъ (“hunting”)
    • *lovьnikъ (“hunt companion”)
    • *lovьňa, *lovina (“booty, reward from hunt”)
  • *oblava (“ambush, hunting maneuver”)
  • *lovъka, *lovuxa (“trap”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • ⇒ Belarusian: улоў (ulóŭ)
    • Russian: лов (lov)
    • Ukrainian: ло́ви (lóvy)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: ловъ (lovŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰾⱁⰲⱏ (lovŭ)
    • Bulgarian: лов (lov)
    • Macedonian: лов (lov)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ло̑в
      Latin script: lȏv
      • Chakavian (Vrgada): lȏv
    • Slovene: lȍv (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лов”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lovъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 111
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лов”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 449
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “lon”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “sorodna s pslovan. *lovъ̏, sloven. lȍv”

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lȏvъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 286: “m. o (c) ‘hunt, hunting’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “lovъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c fangst, jagt (PR 137)”
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