Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/voňь

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; Derksen suggests a possible derivation as jā-stem from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”).

Alternative forms

*vòňa

Noun

*vòňь f

smell

Declension

Declension of *vòňь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*vòňь	*voňì	*voňì
Accusative	*vòňь	*voňì	*voňì
Genitive	*vòňi	vòňьju, voňu^*	voňь̀jь, vòňi^*
Locative	*vòňi	vòňьju, voňu^*	*voňь̀xъ
Dative	*voňì	*vòňьma	*voňь̀mъ
Instrumental	vòňьjǫ, vòňǫ^*	*vòňьma	*vòňьmī
Vocative	*voňi	*voňì	*voňì

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: вонь f (vonʹ)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: вонꙗ f (vonja), вонь f (vonĭ)
- Bulgarian: воня́ f (vonjá)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: во̑њ f
  
  Latin: vȏnj f

West Slavic:
- Czech: vůně f
- Polish: woń f
- Slovak: vôňa f
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: wón f

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 527
Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “вонь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “крыть”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 165

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