Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gavornъ

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-Balto-Slavic *gā́ˀiwarnas from ga! or *gajь + *vornъ.

Noun

*gàvornъ m[1]

corvid

Alternative forms

*gajьvornъ
*kavornъ

Declension

Declension of *gavornъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gavornъ	*gavorna	*gavorni
genitive	*gavorna	*gavornu	*gavornъ
dative	*gavornu	*gavornoma	*gavornomъ
accusative	*gavornъ	*gavorna	*gavorny
instrumental	gavornъmь, gavornomь^*	*gavornoma	*gavorny
locative	*gavorně	*gavornu	*gavorněxъ
vocative	*gavorne	*gavorna	*gavorni

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

Related terms

*vornъ (“black”)
*vornъ m, *vorna f (“crow”)
*skovornъ (“starling, thrush”)
*gajati (“to squeak, to screech”)
*gava, *kavъka, *čavъka (“crow, corvid”)

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: га́рван (gárvan), га́вран (gávran) (Western dialects)
- Macedonian: гавран (gavran)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: га̏вра̄н, ка̏вра̄н
  
  Latin script: gȁvrān, kȁvrān
- Slovene: gavrȃn, kȃvran
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: havran
  - Czech: havran
- Polish: gawron
- Slovak: havran
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: karwona, karona, garona
  - Upper Sorbian: hawron

References

Snoj, Marko (2016) “gavran”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*ka̋vornъ”

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[1] Snoj, Marko (2016) “gavran”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*ka̋vornъ”