Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/voďь

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 *voditi (“to lead, conduct”) +‎ *-jь.Compare Lithuanian vãdas, Czech vůdce, Slovak vodca, Upper Sorbian wodźićel, Lower Sorbian wjednik.

Noun

*voďь m

leader, chief

Declension

Declension of *voďь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*voďь	*voďa	*voďi
Accusative	*voďь	*voďa	*voďę̇
Genitive	*voďa	*voďu	*voďь
Locative	*voďi	*voďu	*voďixъ
Dative	*voďu	*voďema	*voďemъ
Instrumental	voďьmь, voďemь^*	*voďema	*voďi
Vocative	*voďu	*voďa	*voďi

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

Related terms

*vojevoda

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: вожь (vožĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: вожь (vožʹ), вожъ (vož)
    - ⇒ Rusyn: вожай (vožaj)
  - Russian: вож (vož)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: вождь (voždĭ)
  - → Russian: вождь (voždʹ)
    - → English: vozhd
  - → Rusyn: вожда (vožda)
  - → Ukrainian: вождь (voždʹ)
- Bulgarian: вожд (vožd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: во̑ђ, во̑ђа
  Latin: vȍđ, vȍđa
- Slovene: vòj
West Slavic:
- Old Polish: wódz
  - Polish: wódz

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “вождь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. (1993), “вождь”, 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
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “вождь”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893), “вожь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1: А – К, Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 281