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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gospodь

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 earlier *gostьpodь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gástipatis (“host”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis, a compound of *gʰóstis and *pótis. Cognate with Latin hospes.

Noun

*gȍspodь m[1][2][3]

  1. lord
    *gospodь bogъ ― God the Lord
  2. master, overlord, superior

Declension
Declension of *gȍspodь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *gȍspodь *gȍspodi *gȍspodьjē, *gȍspoďē*
genitive *gospodí *gospodьjù, *gospoďu* *gospodь̀jь
dative *gȍspodi *gospodьmà *gȍspodьmъ
accusative *gȍspodь *gȍspodi *gȍspodi
instrumental *gȍspodьmь *gospodьmà *gospodьmì
locative *gospodí *gospodьjù, *gospoďu* *gȍspodьxъ
vocative *gospodi *gȍspodi *gȍspodьjē, *gȍspoďē*
* 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).

Derived terms
  • *gospoďa f (“lady, mistress”)
  • *gospoda (“dominion”) (collective)
  • *gospodinъ m (“lord, sir”), *gospodyni f (“lady, madam”)
  • *gospodьstvo (“supremacy, sovereignty”)
  • *gospodьnъ (“Lord's”)
  • *gostь (“guest”)
    • *gostiteľь (“host”)
  • *potьběga (“run-away wife, divorcee”)

Descendants

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “господь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gospodь/*gospodinъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 61
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “господ”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 267

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gospodь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 180: “m. i ‘lord, master’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “gospodь gospodi”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 71, 158, 171); a/c (PR 132, 138)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016) “gospọd”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *gȍspodь”
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