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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/golvъ

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-Indo-European *gelH- (bald, naked) + *-vъ. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *kalwaz (bald).

Adjective

*golvъ

  1. headed

Declension

Derived terms

  • *bezgolvъ (headless, acephalous)
  • *gologolvъ (with shaved head)
  • *virogolvъ (headstrong)
  • *vьrtogolvъ (mind-boggling)
  • *porzdьnogolvъ (brainless, empty-headed)
  • *golvľь (type of fish)
  • *golva (head)
    • *golvica (head) (diminutive)
    • *golvišče (head) (augmentative)
    • *golvatъ, *golvačь (big-head)
    • *golvьnъ, *golvitъ (main, capital)
    • *golvъka (head of an instrument)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: голо́вый (golóvyj)
      • Russian: безголо́вый (bezgolóvyj), гологоло́вый (gologolóvyj)
    • Ukrainian: -голо́вий (-holóvyj)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*golvъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 11
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bezgolvъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 27
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gologolvъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 210
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