Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gonъ

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰón-o-s, from *gʷʰen- (“to slay, strike”). Cognate to Ancient Greek φόνος (phónos, “murder”) and Sanskrit घन (ghaná, “destroyer, murderer; slaying, murder”).

Noun

*gònъ m

1. chase, pursuit
2. (by extension) hunt

   Synonym: *lovъ

Inflection

Declension of *gònъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gònъ	*gonà	*gonì
genitive	*gonà	*gonù	*gònъ
dative	*gonù	*gonòma	*gonòmъ
accusative	*gònъ	*gonà	*gonỳ
instrumental	*gonъ̀mь, *gonòmь*	*gonòma	*gòny
locative	*goně̀	*gonù	*gòněxъ
vocative	*gone	*gonà	*gonì

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

Related terms

• (verbs) *gaňati, *goniti, *gъnati, *žęti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: гонъ (gonŭ)
    • Russian: гон (gon)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: gȍn (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: hon
  • Kashubian: góń
  • Old Polish: gon
    • Polish: gon
    • Silesian: gōn