Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gospodyni

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

By surface analysis, *gospodь +‎ *-yni.

Noun

*gospodyni f[1]

  1. lady, mistress

Declension

Declension of *gospodyni (ī-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *gospodyni *gospodyňi *gospodyňę̇
genitive *gospodyňę̇ *gospodyňu *gospodyňь
dative *gospodyňi *gospodyňama *gospodyňamъ
accusative *gospodyňǫ *gospodyňi *gospodyňę̇
instrumental *gospodyňejǫ, *gospodyňǫ** *gospodyňama *gospodyňami
locative *gospodyňi *gospodyňu *gospodyňasъ, *gospodyňaxъ*
vocative *gospodyňe *gospodyňi *gospodyňę̇

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: господꙑни (gospodyni)
      • Belarusian: гаспады́ня (haspadýnja)
      • Russian: господы́ня (gospodýnja) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: господи́ня (hospodýnja)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: hospodyni, hospodyně
    • East Lechitic:
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian: gòspòdëni
      • Slovincian: gôspôdënja, gôspôdënjé
    • Slovak: hospodyňa

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gospodyni”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 60
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