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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/komoňь
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Proto-Slavic
Alternative reconstructions
- *komonь
Etymology
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From *kammanios, from a Celtic idiom, per Václav Blažek.[1]
Noun
*komoňь m
- horse
- Synonym: *koňь
Inflection
Declension of *komoňь (soft o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *komoňь | *komoňa | *komoňi |
| Accusative | *komoňь | *komoňa | *komoňę̇ |
| Genitive | *komoňa | *komoňu | *komoňь |
| Locative | *komoňi | *komoňu | *komoňixъ |
| Dative | *komoňu | *komoňema | *komoňemъ |
| Instrumental | *komoňьmь, *komoňemь* | *komoňema | *komoňi |
| Vocative | *komoňu | *komoňa | *komoňi |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
See also
- *gomoniti, *gomonъ, *gomota
Related terms
- *koňь (possibly)
Derived terms
- *komoniti
- *komonica / *komonika
- *komonьnъ
- *komonьnikъ (“horseman”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: комонь (komonĭ)
- Russian: ко́мо́нь (kómónʹ)
- Ukrainian: ко́мо́нь (kómónʹ)
- Old East Slavic: комонь (komonĭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: комонь (komonĭ)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: komoň
- Czech: komoň
- Polish: *komon- (see derived terms)
- Polish: komonik, komonnik
- Old Czech: komoň
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “комонь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “комонь”, 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 426
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*komonь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 177
References
- Blažek, Václav (2009), “Slavic *komonjь and its probably Celtic source”, in Fourth International Colloquium of Societas Celto-Slavica, page 9