Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grǫdь

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 *grandis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰrondʰ-i-s, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰrendʰ-.

Noun

*grǫ̑dь f[1][2]

breast

Declension

Declension of *grǫ̑dь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*grǫ̑dь	*grǫ̑di	*grǫ̑di
Accusative	*grǫ̑dь	*grǫ̑di	*grǫ̑di
Genitive	*grǫdí	grǫdьjù, grǫďu^*	*grǫdь̀jь
Locative	*grǫdí	grǫdьjù, grǫďu^*	*grǫ̑dьxъ
Dative	*grǫ̑di	*grǫdьmà	*grǫ̑dьmъ
Instrumental	*grǫdьjǫ́	*grǫdьmà	*grǫdьmì
Vocative	*grǫdi	*grǫ̑di	*grǫ̑di

^* 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).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: гру́дзі (hrúdzi)
- Russian: грудь (grudʹ)
- Ukrainian: гру́ди (hrúdy)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: гръд (grǎd), гръ́нди pl (grǎ́ndi) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: гради (gradi)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: груди
  Latin: grudi
- Slovene: grọ̑d (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
West Slavic:
- Czech: hruď
- Old Polish: grędzi
  - Polish: grędź
- Slovak: hruď

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*grǫ̑dь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 193: “f. i (c) ‘breast’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “grǫdь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c bryst (PR 138)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*grǫ̑dь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 193: “f. i (c) ‘breast’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “grǫdь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c bryst (PR 138)”