Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gojь

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-Balto-Slavic *gajas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷoyh₃-o-s, from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

Noun

*gȍjь m[1][2]

abundance
peaceful life

Inflection

Declension of *gȍjь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*gȍjь	*gȍja	*gȍji
Accusative	*gȍjь	*gȍja	*gȍję̇
Genitive	*gȍja	*gojù	*gòjь
Locative	*gȍji	*gojù	*gojĩxъ
Dative	*gȍju	*gojemà	*gojèmъ
Instrumental	gȍjьmь, gȍjemь^*	*gojemà	*gojí
Vocative	*goju	*gȍja	*gȍji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: гои (goi)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian: gȏj
- Slovene: gȍj (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: hoj
- Slovak: hoj (poetic)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gȏjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 170: “m. jo (c)”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “gojь goja”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c abundance, peaceful life (NA 101)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gȏjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 170: “m. jo (c)”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “gojь goja”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c abundance, peaceful life (NA 101)”