Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grudьňь

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

Alternative form

• *grudьnъ

Etymology

From *gruda +‎ *-ьňь.

Noun

*grudьňь m

1. December; November

Declension

Declension of *grudьňь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*grudьňь	*grudьňa	*grudьňi
genitive	*grudьňa	*grudьňu	*grudьňь
dative	*grudьňu	*grudьňema	*grudьňemъ
accusative	*grudьňь	*grudьňa	*grudьňę̇
instrumental	*grudьňьmь, *grudьňemь*	*grudьňema	*grudьňi
locative	*grudьňi	*grudьňu	*grudьňixъ
vocative	*grudьňu	*grudьňa	*grudьňi

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

Descendants

From *grudьňь:

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: грудьнь (grudĭnĭ, “November”)
    • Old Ruthenian: гру́день (hrúdenʹ), кгру́день (grúdenʹ, “December; November”)
      • Belarusian: гру́дзень (hrúdzjenʹ, “December”) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: гру́день (hrúdenʹ, “December”)
    • Russian: гру́день (grúdenʹ, “December; November”) (archaic)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Russian Church Slavonic: гру́ден҄ь (grúdenʹĭ, “December”)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: grudzień (“November”)
    • Polish: grudzień (“December”)
    • Silesian: grudziyń (“December”)
  • Slovak: hrudeň (“September”) (dialectal)

From *grudьnъ:

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: грудьнъ (grudĭnŭ, “November”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: ⰳⱃⱆⰴⱐⱀⱏ (grudĭnŭ, “November”)

    Old Cyrillic script: гроудьнъ (grudĭnŭ, “November”)

    • Bulgarian: гру́ден (grúden, “November”) (obsolete)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: грудан (“December”)

    Latin script: grudan (“December”)

    • Kajkavian Serbo-Croatian: gruden
  • Slovene: grúdən (“December”) (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: hruden (“December”)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) *berzьňь, *květьňь, *travьňь, *čьrvьňь, *lipьňь, *sьrpьňь, *versьňь, *řujьnъ, *listopadъ, *grudьňь, *prosinьcь, *sěčьňь, ^{(Category: sla-pro:Months)}

Further reading

• Anikin, A. E. (2018) “гру́день”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 12 (грак – дбать), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 142
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “гру́день”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 604