Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gomonъ

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

Deverbal from *gomoniti (“to make noise”).

Noun

*gomonъ m

1. noise, uproar

Inflection

Declension of *gomonъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gomonъ	*gomona	*gomoni
genitive	*gomona	*gomonu	*gomonъ
dative	*gomonu	*gomonoma	*gomonomъ
accusative	*gomonъ	*gomona	*gomony
instrumental	*gomonъmь, *gomonomь*	*gomonoma	*gomony
locative	*gomoně	*gomonu	*gomoněxъ
vocative	*gomone	*gomona	*gomoni

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: гомонъ (gomonŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: го́монъ (hómon)
      • Belarusian: го́ман (hóman)
      • Ukrainian: го́мiн (hómin)
    • Russian: го́мон (gómon)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: homon
  • Old Polish: gomon
    • Polish: gomon (obsolete)
  • Slovak: homon (dialectal)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “го́мон”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “го́мiн”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka