Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Gostislavъ

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

From *gȍstь (guest) +‎ *slàva (glory, fame). Compare Proto-Norse ᚺᛚᛖᚹᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (hlewagastiʀ).

Proper noun edit

*Gostislàvъ m

  1. a male given name, Gostislav

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gostislavъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 66