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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/golvъ

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 Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“bald, naked”) + *-vъ. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *kalwaz (“bald”).

Adjective

*golvъ

  1. headed

Declension

Derived terms

  • *bezgolvъ (“headless, acephalous”)
  • *gologolvъ (“with shaved head”)
  • *virogolvъ (“headstrong”)
  • *vьrtogolvъ (“mind-boggling”)
  • *porzdьnogolvъ (“brainless, empty-headed”)
  • *golvľь (“type of fish”)
  • *golva (“head”)
    • *golvica (“head”) (diminutive)
    • *golvišče (“head”) (augmentative)
    • *golvatъ, *golvačь (“big-head”)
    • *golvьnъ, *golvitъ (“main, capital”)
    • *golvъka (“head of an instrument”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: голо́вый (golóvyj)
      • ⇒ Russian: безголо́вый (bezgolóvyj), гологоло́вый (gologolóvyj)
    • Ukrainian: -голо́вий (-holóvyj)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*golvъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 11
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bezgolvъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 27
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gologolvъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 210
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