Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/narodъ

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

    Either:

    • from *nȃ- +‎ *rȍdъ[1]
    • deverbal from *naroditi

    Either way, from the same root.

    For meaning shift compare Latin nātiō (birth; that which is born; living creature; human race, clan, tribe; people, nation).

    Jay H. Jasanoff proposes a shift in stress to the second syllable according to Dybo's law,[2] however, apparently this contradicts the Old East Slavic forms на́род (národ) and народы̀ (narodỳ), where the forms are enclinomena.

    Noun

    *nȃrodъ or *naròdъ m[1][3][4]

    1. that which is born
    2. people, nation

    Declension

    Declension of *nȃrodъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *nȃrodъ *nȃroda *nȃrodi
    genitive *nȃroda *narodù *naròdъ
    dative *nȃrodu *narodomà *narodòmъ
    accusative *nȃrodъ *nȃroda *nȃrody
    instrumental *nȃrodъmь, *nȃrodomь* *narodomà *narodý
    locative *nȃrodě *narodù *narodě̃xъ
    vocative *narode *nȃroda *nȃrodi

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

    Declension of *naròdъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *naròdъ *naròda *naròdi
    genitive *naròda *naròdu *naròdъ
    dative *naròdu *naròdoma *naròdomъ
    accusative *naròdъ *naròda *naròdy
    instrumental *naròdъmь, *naròdomь* *naròdoma *naròdȳ
    locative *naròdě *naròdu *naròdě̄xъ
    vocative *naròde *naròda *naròdi

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

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Non-Slavic:
      • English: narot
      • Romanian: norod
      • Yiddish: (via Polish/Russian/Ukrainian/Belarusian, or all of the above) נאַראָד (narod)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*nāròdъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 346
    2. ^ Jasanoff, Jay (2017), The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 213:(the type *naro̍dъ ‘people’ < *na̍rodъ)
    3. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1995), “*narod”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 22 (*naděliti – *narodъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 253
    4. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “naród”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 352