Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lovъ

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

Equivalent to *loviti (“to hunt”) +‎ *-ъ. From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“to capture, enjoy”). Akin to Proto-Germanic *launą (“award”), whence German Lohn and from there Slovene lọ̑n (“payment”).

Noun

*lȍvъ m

1. hunt, hunting

Inflection

Declension of *lȍvъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lȍvъ	*lȍva	*lȍvi
genitive	*lȍva	*lovù	*lòvъ
dative	*lȍvu	*lovomà	*lovòmъ
accusative	*lȍvъ	*lȍva	*lȍvy
instrumental	*lȍvъmь, *lȍvomь*	*lovomà	*lový
locative	*lȍvě	*lovù	*lově̃xъ
vocative	*love	*lȍva	*lȍvi

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

Derived terms

• *ulovъ (“prey, loot”)
• *zvěrolovъ, *zvěrolovьstvo (“animal hunting”)
• *pъticelovъ, *pъticelovьstvo (“bird hunting”)
• *rybolovъ, *rybolovьstvo (“fishing”)
• *lovьcь, *lovačь, *lovičь (“hunter”)
• *lovľa, *lovitva (“hunting event”)
• *lovisko, *lovišče (“hunting ground”)
• *lovьnъ (“hunting”)
  • *lovьnikъ (“hunt companion”)
  • *lovьňa, *lovina (“booty, reward from hunt”)

Related terms

• *oblava (“ambush, hunting maneuver”)
• *lovъka, *lovuxa (“trap”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • ⇒ Belarusian: улоў (ulóŭ)
  • Russian: лов (lov)
  • Ukrainian: ло́ви (lóvy)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: ловъ (lovŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰾⱁⰲⱏ (lovŭ)

  • Bulgarian: лов (lov)
  • Macedonian: лов (lov)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ло̑в

    Latin script: lȏv

    • Chakavian (Vrgada): lȏv
  • Slovene: lȍv (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: lov
    • Czech: lov
  • Kashubian: łów
  • Polish: łów
  • Slovincian: ló
  • Slovak: lov

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лов”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lovъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 111
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лов”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 449
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “lon”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “sorodna s pslovan. *lovъ̏, sloven. lȍv”