Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/glěvъ

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

Alternative forms

• *glěvь f
• *glěva f

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gloh₁y-wo-s, from *gleh₁y-. Cognate with Ancient Greek γλοιός (gloiós).

Noun

*glěvъ m

1. slime

Inflection

Declension of *glěvъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*glěvъ	*glěva	*glěvi
genitive	*glěva	*glěvu	*glěvъ
dative	*glěvu	*glěvoma	*glěvomъ
accusative	*glěvъ	*glěva	*glěvy
instrumental	*glěvъmь, *glěvomь*	*glěvoma	*glěvy
locative	*glěvě	*glěvu	*glěvěxъ
vocative	*glěve	*glěva	*glěvi

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

Related terms

• *glěnь, *glěnъ
• *glina
• *glistъ, *glista
• *gliva
• *glьjь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: глёв m (gljov), глевь f (glevʹ), глева f (gleva)

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*glěvъ; *glěvь; *glěva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 163
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “глев”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress