Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъlvanъ

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *bal(ъ)vanъ

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Old Turkic 𐰉𐰞𐰉𐰞 (balbal). Compare Proto-Turkic *balbal (“gravestone”).

Noun

*bъlvanъ m

1. statue?, idol?

Declension

Declension of *bъlvanъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bъlvanъ	*bъlvana	*bъlvani
genitive	*bъlvana	*bъlvanu	*bъlvanъ
dative	*bъlvanu	*bъlvanoma	*bъlvanomъ
accusative	*bъlvanъ	*bъlvana	*bъlvany
instrumental	*bъlvanъmь, *bъlvanomь*	*bъlvanoma	*bъlvany
locative	*bъlvaně	*bъlvanu	*bъlvaněxъ
vocative	*bъlvane	*bъlvana	*bъlvani

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: бълъванъ (bŭlŭvanŭ), бълванъ (bŭlvanŭ)
    • Belarusian: балва́н (balván)
    • Russian: болва́н (bolván)
    • Ukrainian: бовва́н (bovván)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: балванъ (balvanŭ)

  • Bulgarian: балва́н (balván) (obsolete)
  • Macedonian: балван (balvan)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ба̀лван

    Latin script: bàlvan

  • Slovene: balvȃn, bolvȃn (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: balvan
  • Kashubian: bôłwón, >? bùwrón
  • Old Polish: bałwan
    • Polish: bałwan
    • Silesian: bałwōn
  • Slovak: bolvan

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Hungarian: bálvány

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “болва́н”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress