Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/davьnъ

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 edit

Etymology edit

Formed as *davě (ago, recently) +‎ *-ьnъ, with no certain relatives outside of Slavic. Possibly reflecting an ō-grade of Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-, akin to Proto-Germanic *tawjaną (to complete). More often compared to Proto-Indo-Iranian *duHrás (long, far), Ancient Greek δηρός (dērós, long), and Latin dūrus (durable) (whence descends English during), which reflect instead the metathesis *dweh₂-.

It is uncertain if Old Church Slavonic одѣвѣ (oděvě, recently) is related or not to the ō-grade lemma. According to BER, the two lemmas are akin, but this view is sometimes challenged.[1]

Adjective edit

*dãvьnъ[2][3][4]

  1. ancient, past

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Inflection edit

Accent paradigm b.

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Further reading edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “да́вний”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*davě”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 198
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*davьnъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 200
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “давно”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 312

References edit

  1. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “одеве”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 796
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*davьnъ; *davьņь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 97:adj. o ‘ancient, past’
  3. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “dav-”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b ancient (PR 136)
  4. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “dáven”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*dávьnъ