Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/golvьnъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

*golva (“head”) +‎ *-ьnъ

Adjective

*golvьnъ

main, principal

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: гало́ўны (halóŭny)
- Russian: головно́й (golovnój)
- Ukrainian: голо́вний (holóvnyj)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: [Term?]
  - Bulgarian: главен (glaven)
  - → Russian: гла́вный (glávnyj)
- Macedonian: главен (glaven)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: гла̀внӣ
  
  Latin: glàvnī
- Slovene: gláven

West Slavic:
- Czech: hlavní
- Polish: główny
- Slovak: hlavný
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: [Term?]
  - Upper Sorbian: [Term?]

References

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