Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gavornъ

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gā́ˀiwarnas from ga! or *gajь + *vornъ.

Noun

*gàvornъ m

1. corvid

Alternative forms

• *gajьvornъ
• *kavornъ

Declension

Declension of *gavornъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gavornъ	*gavorna	*gavorni
genitive	*gavorna	*gavornu	*gavornъ
dative	*gavornu	*gavornoma	*gavornomъ
accusative	*gavornъ	*gavorna	*gavorny
instrumental	*gavornъmь, *gavornomь*	*gavornoma	*gavorny
locative	*gavorně	*gavornu	*gavorněxъ
vocative	*gavorne	*gavorna	*gavorni

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *vornъ (“black”)
• *vornъ m, *vorna f (“crow”)
• *skovornъ (“starling, thrush”)
• *gajati (“to squeak, to screech”)
• *gava, *kavъka, *čavъka (“crow, corvid”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: га́рван (gárvan), га́вран (gávran) (Western dialects)
  • Macedonian: гавран (gavran)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: га̏вра̄н, ка̏вра̄н

    Latin script: gȁvrān, kȁvrān

  • Slovene: gavrȃn, kȃvran
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: havran
    • Czech: havran
  • Polish: gawron
  • Slovak: havran
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: karwona, karona, garona
    • Upper Sorbian: hawron

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гарван”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 230