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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dъno
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From earlier *dъbno, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dúbna, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubʰnóm. Cognate with Lithuanian dùgnas (“bottom”) (< *dùbnas) and akin to Old Prussian padaubis (“dale”).
Per Trubačev, perhaps grammaticized from the oblique form of an earlier r/n-stem, whose direct reflex had yielded Proto-Slavic *dъbrь.
Noun
*dъnò n[1][2][3]
- bottom, base
Alternative forms
- *bъno < earlier *bъdno (attested in Sorbian)
Inflection
Declension of *dъnò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *dъnò | *dъ̀ně | *dъnà |
| Accusative | *dъnò | *dъ̀ně | *dъnà |
| Genitive | *dъnà | *dъnù | *dъ̀nъ |
| Locative | *dъně̀ | *dъnù | *dъ̀něxъ |
| Dative | *dъnù | *dъnòma | *dъnòmъ |
| Instrumental | *dъnъ̀mь, *dъnòmь* | *dъnòma | *dъ̀ny |
| Vocative | *dъnò | *dъ̀ně | *dъnà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *dъniti (“to dig down, to knock off”)
- *jьzdъniti, *vydъniti
- *orzdъniti
- *perdъniti
- *prodъniti
- *zadъniti
- *dъnьce (diminutive)
- *dъnišče (augmentative)
- *dъnъkъ, *dъňakъ (“caecum (of animal)”)
- *dъnerъ (“trunk, bole”)
- *kъdъnь (“towards the bottom”)
- ⇒ Kashubian: Gdania (river name)
- ⇒ Polish: Gdańsk, Gdynia (towns)
- *dъnovъ (“bottom”)
- *dъnovina (“sea/lake floor”)
- *dъnьnъ (“bottom, demersal”)
- *dъnьnikъ (“bottom support, cushion”)
- *dъnьnica (“demersal fish or plant”)
- *bezdъnъ (“bottomless”) > later *bezdъnьnъ
- *bezdъna (“abyss”)
Related terms
- *dъbrь > later *dьbrь (“dale, gorge, ravine”)
- *dъbolъ (“furrow, duct”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: дъно (dŭno)
- Belarusian: дно (dno)
- Russian: дно (dno)
- (Pskov-Novgorod circle): до́на (dóna) (nominative–accusative plural) < *dъ̀na
- Ukrainian: дно (dno)
- Old East Slavic: дъно (dŭno)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: дъно (dŭno)
- Glagolitic: ⰴⱏⱀⱁ (dŭno)
- Bulgarian: дъ́но (dǎ́no); дно (dno) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: дно (dno)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: дно̏
- Latin: dnȍ
- Montenegrin (Piperi): dnȍ
- Slovene: dnò
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: dno
- Czech: dno
- Polabian: dånü
- Polish: dno
- Slovak: dno
- Slovincian: dnʉ̀ɵ̯
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: dno
- Lower Sorbian: dno
- Old Czech: dno
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дно”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “дно”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 257
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dъbno”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 174
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “дно”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “дъно”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 457
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dъnò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 130: “n. o (b) ‘bottom’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “dъno dъna”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b bottom (NA 106, 141; SA 150, 199; PR 135)”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “dno”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *dъnȍ”