Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vojь

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 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wajas, from Proto-Indo-European *woyh₁-o-s, from *weyh₁- (“to chase”).

Noun

*vojь m

soldier

Declension

Declension of *vojь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*vojь	*voja	*voji
Accusative	*vojь	*voja	*voję̇
Genitive	*voja	*voju	*vojь
Locative	*voji	*voju	*vojixъ
Dative	*voju	*vojema	*vojemъ
Instrumental	vojьmь, vojemь^*	*vojema	*voji
Vocative	*voju	*voja	*voji

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

Derived terms

*vojevoda (“military leader”)
*vojinъ (“soldier”)
- *vojinьskъ (“soldierish”)
*vojьnъ, *vojьnьnъ (“martial”)
- *vojьna (“war”)
*vojьskъ (“military”)
- *vojьska (“army”)
*vojevati (“to wage war”)
*Vojьtěxъ
*Vojьdanъ

Related terms

*povinǫti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: вои (voi)
  - Old Ruthenian: вой (voj)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: вои (voi)
  Glagolitic: ⰲⱁⰺ (voi)
West Slavic:
- Czech: voj
- Polish: wój, woj

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 524
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “воин”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. (1993), “воин”, 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 161

Etymology 2

From o-grade action noun of *viti +‎ *-ъ, ultimately from *weh₁y- (“to twist”). The o-grade is the same as in Proto-Slavic *lojь from Proto-Slavic *liti.