Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dějanьje

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 *dějati +‎ *-nьje.

Noun

*dějanьje n

1. deed, action

Inflection

Declension of *dějanьje (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dějanьje	*dějanьji	*dějanьja
genitive	*dějanьja	*dějanьju	*dějanьjь
dative	*dějanьju	*dějanьjema	*dějanьjemъ
accusative	*dějanьje	*dějanьji	*dějanьja
instrumental	*dějanьjьmь, *dějanьjemь*	*dějanьjema	*dějanьji
locative	*dějanьji	*dějanьju	*dějanьjixъ
vocative	*dějanьje	*dějanьji	*dějanьja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: дѣꙗниѥ (dějanije), дѣаниѥ (děanije)
    • Old Ruthenian: дѣꙗньє (dějanʹje), дѣꙗниє (dějanije), дїꙗньє (dijanʹje)
      • Belarusian: дзе́янне (dzjéjannje)
      • Ukrainian: ді́яння (díjannja), дія́ння (dijánnja)
    • Russian: дея́ние (dejánije)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: дѣꙗниѥ (dějanije)

    Glagolitic script: ⰴⱑⱑⱀⰺⰵ (děěnie)

  • Bulgarian: дея̀ние (dejànie)
  • Macedonian: деја́ние (dejánie, “action, deed”)

    ⇒ Macedonian: злодеја́ние (zlodejánie, “misdeed, crime”)

  • Slovene: dejȃnje (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: dění
  • Polish: dzianie
  • Slovak: dejanie (obsolete)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*dějanьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 228