Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Gostislavъ

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Gostislavъ

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 *gȍstь (“guest”) +‎ *slàva (“glory, fame”). Compare Proto-Norse ᚺᛚᛖᚹᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (hlewagastiʀ).

Proper noun

*Gostislàvъ m

1. a male given name, Gostislav

Declension

Declension of *Gostislavъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*Gostislavъ	*Gostislava	*Gostislavi
Accusative	*Gostislavъ	*Gostislava	*Gostislavy
Genitive	*Gostislava	*Gostislavu	*Gostislavъ
Locative	*Gostislavě	*Gostislavu	*Gostislavěxъ
Dative	*Gostislavu	*Gostislavoma	*Gostislavomъ
Instrumental	*Gostislavъmь, *Gostislavomь*	*Gostislavoma	*Gostislavy
Vocative	*Gostislave	*Gostislava	*Gostislavi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

Related terms

• (1=*gostь)
  • *Gostęta
  • *Gostislavъ
  • *Gostomyslъ
• (2=*gostь)
  • *Ljubigostь
  • *Ljubogostь
  • *Milogostъ/*Milъgostъ
  • *Dobrogostь
  • *Bъdigostь
  • *Boljegostъ
  • *Domagostь
  • *Čagostь
• (2=*slava)
  • *Boguslavъ; *Boguslava / *Bogoslavъ; *Bogoslava
  • *Bojeslavъ
  • *Boľeslavъ
  • *Borislavъ; *Borislava
  • *Bornislavъ
  • *Bręťislavъ ?
  • *Budislavъ; *Budislava
  • *Časlavъ
  • *Dobroslavъ
  • *Dorgoslavъ
  • *Gostislavъ
  • *Gordislavъ
  • *Gořeslavъ / *Gorislavъ
  • *Jьstislavъ
  • *Jьzęslavъ
  • *Jaroslàvъ; *Jaroslàva
  • *Krěsislavъ
  • *Ľubislavъ
  • *Ľuboslavъ
  • *Ludislavъ
  • *Manislavъ
  • *Miloslavъ / *Milislavъ
  • *Miroslavъ
  • *Mojьslavъ
  • *Mьstislavъ
  • *Mьrčislavъ
  • *Něgoslavъ
  • *Ordoslavъ; *Ordoslava / *Radoslavъ; *Radoslava
  • *Orstislavъ; *Orstislava
  • *Orzslavъ ?
  • *Stanislavъ
  • *Svętoslavъ
  • *Tvьrdislavъ
  • *Vęťeslàvъ
  • *Věroslavъ
  • *Xodislavъ
  • *Xornislavъ
  • *Xotislavъ
  • *Xvalislavъ
  • *Zořeslavъ
  • *Žiroslavъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: Гостисла́в (Hostysláv) (obsolete, rare)
  • Russian: Гостисла́в (Gostisláv) (obsolete, rare)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: Hostislav
  • Old Polish: Gościsław, Goscław
  • Slovak: Hosťislaw (Bernolák ortography)
  • →? Swedish: Gustav

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gostislavъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 66