Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gutorъ

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 Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾owH- (“to call, name”) + *-torъ. Possibly akin to Slovak hutať (“to guess, to ponder”), Ukrainian гута́ти (hutáty, “to disrupt discussion”) (whence гу́танка (hútanka, “chatter, chaotic discussion”)), formally reflecting Proto-Slavic *gutati.

Noun

*gutorъ m

1. discussion, chat

   Synonyms: *besěda, *orzgovorъ

Alternative forms

• *gutora f

Declension

Declension of *gutorъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gutorъ	*gutora	*gutori
genitive	*gutora	*gutoru	*gutorъ
dative	*gutoru	*gutoroma	*gutoromъ
accusative	*gutorъ	*gutora	*gutory
instrumental	*gutorъmь, *gutoromь*	*gutoroma	*gutory
locative	*gutorě	*gutoru	*gutorěxъ
vocative	*gutore	*gutora	*gutori

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

Derived terms

• *gutoriti (“to talk, to chat”)

Related terms

• *gavьra (“ridicule, mockery”)
• *govorъ (“uttarence, talk”)
• *gvarъ, *gvara (“vernacular, idiom”)
• *gǫsti (“to make noise, to play music”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: гу́тор (gútor); гуто́р (gutór), гуто́ра f (gutóra) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: гу́тір (hútir)
• West Slavic:
  • Slovak: hútor (dialectal)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гутор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gutoriti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 179