Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vojinъ

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

*vojь +‎ *-inъ.

Noun

*vojinъ m

1. soldier, warrior

Inflection

Declension of *vojinъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vojinъ	*vojina	*vojini
genitive	*vojina	*vojinu	*vojinъ
dative	*vojinu	*vojinoma	*vojinomъ
accusative	*vojinъ	*vojina	*vojiny
instrumental	*vojinъmь, *vojinomь*	*vojinoma	*vojiny
locative	*vojině	*vojinu	*vojiněxъ
vocative	*vojine	*vojina	*vojini

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: воинъ (voinŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: во́инъ (vóin)
      • Belarusian: во́ін (vóin)
      • Ukrainian: во́їн (vójin)
    • Russian: во́ин (vóin)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: воинъ (voinŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰲⱁⰺⱀⱏ (voinŭ)

  • Bulgarian: во́ин (vóin)
  • Macedonian: во́ин (vóin)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: vojín
  • Slovak: vojín

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “во́ин”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress