Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъlvanъ

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

Alternative reconstructions edit

*bal(ъ)vanъ

Etymology edit

Possibly borrowed from Old Turkic 𐰉𐰞𐰉𐰞 (balbal). Compare Proto-Turkic *balbal (“gravestone”).

Noun edit

*bъlvanъ m^[1]

statue?, idol?

Declension edit

Declension of *bъlvanъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bъlvanъ	*bъlvana	*bъlvani
genitive	*bъlvana	*bъlvanu	*bъlvanъ
dative	*bъlvanu	*bъlvanoma	*bъlvanomъ
accusative	*bъlvanъ	*bъlvana	*bъlvany
instrumental	bъlvanъmь, bъlvanomь^*	*bъlvanoma	*bъlvany
locative	*bъlvaně	*bъlvanu	*bъlvaněxъ
vocative	*bъlvane	*bъlvana	*bъlvani

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

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: бълъванъ (bŭlŭvanŭ), бълванъ (bŭlvanŭ)
  - Belarusian: балва́н (balván)
  - Russian: болва́н (bolván)
  - Ukrainian: бовва́н (bovván)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: балванъ (balvanŭ)
- Bulgarian: балва́н (balván) (obsolete)
- Macedonian: балван (balvan)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ба̀лван
  
  Latin script: bàlvan
- Slovene: balvȃn, bolvȃn (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: balvan
- Kashubian: bôłwón, >? bùwrón
- Old Polish: bałwan
  - Polish: bałwan
  - Silesian: bałwōn
- Slovak: bolvan

Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: bálvány

References edit

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bъlvanъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 121