Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vojevoda

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

    From *vojь (“warrior”) +‎ *-e- +‎ *voda (“lead, conduct”).

    Noun

    *vojevoda m[1][2][3]

    1. chief, commander

    Declension

    Declension of *vojevoda (hard a-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *vojevoda *vojevodě *vojevody
    genitive *vojevody *vojevodu *vojevodъ
    dative *vojevodě *vojevodama *vojevodamъ
    accusative *vojevodǫ *vojevodě *vojevody
    instrumental *vojevodojǫ, *vojevodǫ** *vojevodama *vojevodami
    locative *vojevodě *vojevodu *vojevodasъ, *vojevodaxъ*
    vocative *vojevodo *vojevodě *vojevody

    * -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

    References

    1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “wojewoda”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 706
    2. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “воєвода”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
    3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “vọ̑jvoda”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si

    Further reading

    • Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “ваявода”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
    • Machek, Václav (1968), “vévoda”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 687
    • Rejzek, Jiří (2001), “vévoda”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 748
    • Králik, Ľubor (2016), “vojvoda”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 666
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