Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gorďaninъ

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

Etymology edit

From *gȏrdъ (“fortified settlement”) +‎ *-janinъ.

Modern descendants have become semantic loans of French bourgeois, German Großbürger, English citizen - a meaning that is attested after the Renaissance.

Noun edit

*gȏrďaninъ m

townsman, burgher (resident of a fortified settlement: town, fortress, guard)

Declension edit

Accent paradigm c.

Declension of *gorďaninъ (hard o-stem, consonant stem)

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*gorďaninъ	*gorďanina	*gorďane
Accusative	*gorďaninъ	*gorďanina	*gorďany?
Genitive	*gorďaninа	*gorďaninu	*gorďanъ
Locative	*gorďanině	*gorďaninu	*gorďanьxъ
Dative	*gorďaninu	*gorďaninoma	*gorďanьmъ
Instrumental	*gorďaninomь	*gorďaninoma	*gorďany?
Vocative	*gorďanine	*gorďanina	*gorďane

Related terms edit

*gorďanъ
- *gorďanьstvo (“town-dwelling”)
*gordьčaninъ
- Belarusian: гарадча́нін (haradčánin), гараджа́нін (haradžánin)

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: горожанинъ (gorožaninŭ)
  - Russian: горожа́нин (gorožánin)
  - Ukrainian: горожа́нин (horožányn)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: гражданинъ (graždaninŭ)
  - Bulgarian: гра́жданин (gráždanin)
  - → Russian: граждани́н (graždanín)
- Macedonian: граѓанин (graǵanin)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: гра̏ђанин
  
  Latin: grȁđanin
West Slavic:
- Polish: grodzianin (“castle dweller”)