Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/govorъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Balto-Slavic *gawaras, from Proto-Indo-European *gowH-oro-s, from *gewH- (“to call, name”).

Noun

*gȍvorъ m [1]

talk

Inflection

Declension of *gȍvorъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*gȍvorъ	*gȍvora	*gȍvori
Accusative	*gȍvorъ	*gȍvora	*gȍvory
Genitive	*gȍvora	*govorù	*govòrъ
Locative	*gȍvorě	*govorù	*govorě̃xъ
Dative	*gȍvoru	*govoromà	*govoròmъ
Instrumental	gȍvorъmь, gȍvoromь^*	*govoromà	*govorý
Vocative	*govore	*gȍvora	*gȍvori

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

Derived terms

*govorìti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: говор (govor)
- Ukrainian: говір (hovir)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: говоръ (govorŭ)
- Bulgarian: говор (govor)
- Macedonian: говор (govor)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: го̏во̄р
  
  Latin: gȍvōr
  - Chakavian (Vrgada): gȍvor
  - Chakavian (Orbanići): gȍvor
- Slovene: gôvor (tonal orthography)

West Slavic:
- Czech: hovor
- Polish: gowor, gwar
- Slovak: hovor

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gȍvorъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181: “m. o ‘talk’”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gȍvorъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181: “m. o ‘talk’”