Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Jьzęslavъ

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 *jьzęti (“to take”) +‎ *slàva (“glory, fame”).

Proper noun

*Jьzęslàvъ m (feminine *Jьzęslàva)

1. a male given name, Iziaslav

Declension

Declension of *Jьzęslavъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Jьzęslavъ	*Jьzęslava	*Jьzęslavi
genitive	*Jьzęslava	*Jьzęslavu	*Jьzęslavъ
dative	*Jьzęslavu	*Jьzęslavoma	*Jьzęslavomъ
accusative	*Jьzęslavъ	*Jьzęslava	*Jьzęslavy
instrumental	*Jьzęslavъmь, *Jьzęslavomь*	*Jьzęslavoma	*Jьzęslavy
locative	*Jьzęslavě	*Jьzęslavu	*Jьzęslavěxъ
vocative	*Jьzęslave	*Jьzęslava	*Jьzęslavi

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: Изѧсла́въ (Izęslávŭ)
    • Belarusian: Ізясла́ў (Izjasláŭ) (obsolete)
    • Ukrainian: Ізясла́в (Izjasláv) (obsolete)
    • Russian: Изясла́в (Izjasláv) (obsolete)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: Izjasław, Izasław

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*jьzęslavъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 26
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “Ізясла́в”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 293