Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slovo

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 *ślawas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwos (“fame”). Cognate with Sanskrit श्रवस् (śravas).

Noun

*slȍvo n[1][2]

word

Inflection

Declension of *slȍvo (s-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*slȍvo	*slȍvesi	*slovesà
genitive	*slȍvese	*slovesù	*slovèsъ
dative	*slȍvesi	*slovesьmà	*slovèsьmъ
accusative	*slȍvo	*slȍvesi	*slovesà
instrumental	*slȍvesьmь	*slovesьmà	*slovesý
locative	*slȍvese	*slovesù	*slovèsьxъ
vocative	*slȍvo	*slȍvesi	*slovesà

Related terms

*slava (“fame”)
*sluti (“be called”)
*slyšati (“to hear”)
*slušati (“to listen”)
*slȗxъ (“hearing; rumor”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: слово (slovo)
  - Old Ruthenian: слово (slovo)
    - Belarusian: сло́ва (slóva)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: сло́во (slóvo)
    - Ukrainian: сло́во (slóvo)
  - Russian: сло́во (slóvo)
- Old Novgorodian: слово (slovo)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: слово (slovo)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱄⰾⱁⰲⱁ (slovo)
- Bulgarian: сло́во (slóvo)
- Macedonian: слово (slovo)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: сло̏во
  
  Latin script: slȍvo
- Slovene: slovọ̑ (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: slovo, słovo
  - Czech: slovo
- Old Polish: słowo
  - Masurian: słowo
  - Polish: słowo
  - Silesian: słowo
- Slovak: slovo
- Polabian: slüvü
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: słowò
  - Slovincian: slôwô
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: słowo
  - Lower Sorbian: słowo

Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: slovă

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*slȍvo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 454: “n. s (c) ‘word’”
Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎, University of Vienna, page 7: “*slȍvo”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*slȍvo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 454: “n. s (c) ‘word’”

[2] Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎, University of Vienna, page 7: “*slȍvo”