Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/govęďь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

*govędo +‎ *-jь

Adjective

*govęďь

of or related to oxen and bulls
bovine, of or related to cattle or beef

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *говѧжь (*govęžĭ)
  - Belarusian: гавя́джы (havjádžy)
  - Russian: говя́жий (govjážij)
  - Ukrainian: гов'я́жий (hovʺjážyj)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: говѧждь (govęždĭ)
- Bulgarian: гове́жди (govéždi)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: го̀веђӣ
  Latin: gòveđī
- Slovene: govẹ́ji (tonal orthography)

West Slavic:
- Czech: hovězí
- Slovak: hovädzí
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: howjazy
  - Lower Sorbian: gowjezy