Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Bogъdanъ
Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
Etymology
Possibly calque of Iranian (cp. Old Median Bagadāta- (“god-given, given by god”)) or calque of Ancient Greek Θεόδοτος (Theódotos) or Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros, “Theodore; literally 'gift of God'”). Morphologically from *bogъ (“god”) + *danъ (“given”), the passive participle of *dati (“to give”).
Proper noun
*Bogъdanъ m
- a male given name, Bogdan / Bohdan.
Declension
Declension of *Bogъdanъ (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *Bogъdanъ | *Bogъdana | *Bogъdani |
genitive | *Bogъdana | *Bogъdanu | *Bogъdanъ |
dative | *Bogъdanu | *Bogъdanoma | *Bogъdanomъ |
accusative | *Bogъdanъ | *Bogъdana | *Bogъdany |
instrumental | *Bogъdanъmь, *Bogъdanomь* | *Bogъdanoma | *Bogъdany |
locative | *Bogъdaně | *Bogъdanu | *Bogъdaněxъ |
vocative | *Bogъdane | *Bogъdana | *Bogъdani |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
See also
Descendants
- East Slavic
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Other:
- → Romanian: Bogdan
References
- Rudolf Krajčović (2007), Z historickej lexiky, in "Kultúra slova", roč. 41, č. 3, p. 157f
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bogodanъ/*bogъdanъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 02 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 159
Categories:
- Proto-Slavic terms calqued from Iranian languages
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Iranian languages
- Proto-Slavic terms calqued from Ancient Greek
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Proto-Slavic compound terms
- Proto-Slavic lemmas
- Proto-Slavic proper nouns
- Proto-Slavic masculine nouns
- Proto-Slavic given names
- Proto-Slavic male given names
- Proto-Slavic hard o-stem nouns
- Proto-Slavic hard masculine o-stem nouns