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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vojь

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 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wajas, from Proto-Indo-European *woyh₁-o-s, from *weyh₁- (to chase).

Noun

*vojь m

  1. soldier
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вои (voi)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: вои (voi)
      Glagolitic script: ⰲⱁⰺ (voi)
  • West Slavic:

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 524
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “воин”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “воин”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 161

Etymology 2

From o-grade action noun of *viti + *, ultimately from *weh₁y- (to twist). The o-grade is the same as in Proto-Slavic *lojь from Proto-Slavic *liti.

Noun

*vojь m

  1. curving, turn
Declension
Derived terms
  • *jьzvojь, *vyvojь
  • *navojь
  • *orzvojь
  • *povojь
  • *zavojь
Descendants

References

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “завой”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 576
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