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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/danь

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

Formed as *dati (“to give”) +‎ *-nь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dṓˀnis, itself from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-ni-s, the action noun of *deh₃- (“to give”). Cognate with Lithuanian duõnis (“gift”), Latin donum, Sanskrit दान (dā́na).

Noun

*dȃnь f[1][2]

  1. tribute, tax

Declension
Declension of *dȃnь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *dȃnь *dȃni *dȃni
genitive *daní *danьjù, *daňu* *danь̀jь
dative *dȃni *danьmà *dȃnьmъ
accusative *dȃnь *dȃni *dȃni
instrumental *danьjǫ́ *danьmà *danьmì
locative *daní *danьjù, *daňu* *dȃnьxъ
vocative *dani *dȃni *dȃni
* 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:
    • Old East Slavic: дань (danĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: дань (danĭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰴⰰⱀⱐ (danĭ)
    • Bulgarian: дан (dan) (poetic, obsolescent)
    • Slovene: dán
  • West Slavic:
From *danьkъ

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dȃnь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 95: “f. i (c) ‘tribute, tax’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “danь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c afgift (PR 138)”
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