Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьnь

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 *dein-/*din-, from Proto-Indo-European (see *dyew-):

• Derksen: *d(e)y-n-
• Černyx: PIE stem in -en : *deyen-, with thematic vowel *deyn-o- : *din-o- (“day”), root *dey(ə)- : *di- (“to shine”)
• ЭССЯ: *din-, from *di-/*dey- (“to shine”) + *-n-

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian dienà (“day”), Latvian dìena (“day”), Old Prussian dēinā (“day”) (Asg. deinan).

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit दिन (dina, “day”), Latin nun-dina (“market day”), Old Irish denus (“spatium temporis”), Proto-Germanic *tīnaz (“day”), Albanian ditë (“day”) (< *din-të). From the *dyew- root, Latin diēs (“day”), Old Irish die (“day”), Old Armenian տիւ (tiw, “day, daytime”), Albanian di.

Noun

*dь̏nь m

1. day

Declension

Accent paradigm c.

*dьnь (irregular n-stem)

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*dьnь	*dьni	*dьne
Accusative	*dьnь	*dьni	*dьni
Genitive	*dьne	*dьnu	*dьnъ
Locative	*dьne	*dьnu	*dьnьxъ
Dative	*dьni	*dьnьma	*dьnьmъ
Instrumental	*dьnьmь	*dьnьma	*dьnьmi
Vocative	*dьnь	*dьni	*dьne

Derived terms

• *dьněti
• *dьnina
• *dьnišče
• *dьniti (sę)
• *dьnьgubъ / *dьnьguba (“idleness, indolence; idler”)
• *dьnьnъ
  • *dьnьnica (“morning star”)
• *dьnьsь (“today”)
• *se dьne / *sego dьne

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: дьнь (dĭnĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: день (denʹ)
      • Belarusian: дзень (dzjenʹ)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: день (denʹ), динь (dynʹ) (Lemko), ден (den)
      • Ukrainian: день (denʹ)
    • Russian: день (denʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: дьнь (dĭnĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰴⱐⱀⱐ (dĭnĭ)

  • Bulgarian: ден (den), дън (dǎn) (Torlakian dialects) (with ъ < OCS ь)
  • Macedonian: ден (den)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: да̑н

    Latin script: dȃn

  • Slovene: dȃn, dȇn (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: den
    • Czech: den
  • Old Polish: dzień
    • Masurian: dżiéń
    • Polish: dzień
    • Silesian: dziyń
  • Polabian: dan
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: dzéń
    • Slovincian: dzeń
  • Slovak: deň
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: dźeń
    • Lower Sorbian: źeń
      • (Schleifer dialect): dźeń

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “день”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “день”, 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 241
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьnь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 213