Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gobino

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

Traditionally viewed as an early borrowing from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌴𐌹 (gabei, “wealth”) (*-n- from the oblique ending), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- (“to give”). A minority view presumes native origin from sparsely attested *gobь +‎ *-ino, perhaps cognate with Lithuanian Gãbis m, Gabijà f (“fire deity”) (mythological) and akin to gãbas (“greed”), gabùs/gobùs (“greedy”), gabúoti (“to act greedily”).

According to some interpretations, may share origin with Proto-Slavic *gabati (“to seize”), Lithuanian guõbti (“to gather up”).

Noun

*gobino n

1. abundance

   Synonym: *obilьje

2. wealth

   Synonym: *bogatьstvo

Alternative forms

• *gobina f (ā-stem)
• *gobiňa f (jā-stem)

Declension

Declension of *gobino (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gobino	*gobině	*gobina
genitive	*gobina	*gobinu	*gobinъ
dative	*gobinu	*gobinoma	*gobinomъ
accusative	*gobino	*gobině	*gobina
instrumental	*gobinъmь, *gobinomь*	*gobinoma	*gobiny
locative	*gobině	*gobinu	*gobiněxъ
vocative	*gobino	*gobině	*gobina

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *gobь (“prosperity (?)”)
• *gobьdzъ, *gobigъ (“abundant”)
  • *gobьdzьje (“abundance”)
  • *gobьdziti (“to make abundant”), *gobьdzěti (“to be abundant”)
  • *gobьdzovati (“to get abundant”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: гобино (gobino), гобина f (gobina)
    • Russian: гобина f (gobina) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: гобино (gobino)
  • Serbo-Croatian: (archaic)

    Cyrillic script: гобино (“spelt”); го̀бӣња f (“wreath”) (dialectal)

    Latin script: gobino (“spelt”)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гобина”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gobina/*gobino”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 185
• “gobus”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012