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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьnь

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-Balto-Slavic *dein-/*din-, from Proto-Indo-European (see *dyew-):

  • Derksen: *d(e)y-n-
  • Černyx: PIE stem in -en : *deyen-, with thematic vowel *deyn-o- : *din-o- (“day”), root *dey(ə)- : *di- (“to shine”)
  • ЭССЯ: *din-, from *di-/*dey- (“to shine”) + *-n-

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian dienà (“day”), Latvian dìena (“day”), Old Prussian dēinā (“day”) (Asg. deinan).

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit दिन (dina, “day”), Latin nun-dina (“market day”), Old Irish denus (“spatium temporis”), Proto-Germanic *tīnaz (“day”), Albanian ditë (“day”) (< *din-të). From the *dyew- root, Latin diēs (“day”), Old Irish die (“day”), Old Armenian տիւ (tiw, “day, daytime”), Albanian di.

Noun

*dь̏nь m[1][2]

  1. day

Declension

Accent paradigm c.

*dьnь (irregular n-stem)
Case Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *dьnь *dьni *dьne
Accusative *dьnь *dьni *dьni
Genitive *dьne *dьnu *dьnъ
Locative *dьne *dьnu *dьnьxъ
Dative *dьni *dьnьma *dьnьmъ
Instrumental *dьnьmь *dьnьma *dьnьmi
Vocative *dьnь *dьni *dьne

Derived terms
  • *dьněti
  • *dьnina
  • *dьnišče
  • *dьniti (sę)
  • *dьnьgubъ / *dьnьguba (“idleness, indolence; idler”)
  • *dьnьnъ
    • *dьnьnica (“morning star”)
  • *dьnьsь (“today”)
  • *se dьne / *sego dьne

Descendants

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “день”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “день”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 241
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьnь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 213

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dь̑nь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 134: “m. n (c) ‘day’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “dьnь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (OSA 210; PR 138)”
  3. Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ден”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 341
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