Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/byvolъ
Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *būvalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos). Many of the descendents influenced by a reanalysis as *bujь (“wild”) + *volъ (“ox”).
Noun
*byvolъ m
Declension
Declension of *byvolъ (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *byvolъ | *byvola | *byvoli |
genitive | *byvola | *byvolu | *byvolъ |
dative | *byvolu | *byvoloma | *byvolomъ |
accusative | *byvolъ | *byvola | *byvoly |
instrumental | *byvolъmь, *byvolomь* | *byvoloma | *byvoly |
locative | *byvolě | *byvolu | *byvolěxъ |
vocative | *byvole | *byvola | *byvoli |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*byvolъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 158
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бу́йвол”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress