Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/divьjakъ

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 1

From *divъ (“intact, wild; feral, wild”) +‎ *-jakъ.

Noun

*divьjakъ m^[1]

wildling (someone or something wild, feral; intact, wild)
1. wild animal
2. wild plant
3. primitive man

Declension

Declension of *divьjakъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*divьjakъ	*divьjaka	*divьjaci
genitive	*divьjaka	*divьjaku	*divьjakъ
dative	*divьjaku	*divьjakoma	*divьjakomъ
accusative	*divьjakъ	*divьjaka	*divьjaky
instrumental	divьjakъmь, divьjakomь^*	*divьjakoma	*divьjaky
locative	*divьjacě	*divьjaku	*divьjacěxъ
vocative	*divьjače	*divьjaka	*divьjaci

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

Synonyms

*divakъ (West and South)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: дивьꙗкъ (divĭjakŭ)
South Slavic:
- Church Slavonic: дивиꙗкъ (divijakŭ)
  - Bulgarian: (dialectal) ди́вяк (dívjak), дивя́к (divják)
  - Macedonian: дивјак (divjak)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: дѝвља̄к
  
  Latin script: dìvljāk
- Slovene: divják
West Slavic:
- Old Slovak: diviak
  - Slovak: diviak
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: źiwjak
  - Upper Sorbian: dźiwjak

References

^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1979), “divakъ 2.”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 3 (davьnъ – dobirati sę), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 214

Etymology 2

From *divъ (“delightful, astonishing, unusual”) +‎ *-jakъ.