Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slava

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

From Proto-Indo-European root noun *ḱlēw-, from the root *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Cognate with Lithuanian šlovė̃ (“fame, honor”) (Samogitian šlóvė (“fame, honor”)) and Latvian slava (“fame, reputation, rumor”), slave (“fame, reputation, rumor”).

Noun

*slàva f

glory, fame

Declension

Declension of *slàva (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*slàva	*slàvě	*slàvy
Accusative	*slàvǫ	*slàvě	*slàvy
Genitive	*slàvy	*slàvu	*slàvъ
Locative	*slàvě	*slàvu	slàvasъ, slàvaxъ^*
Dative	*slàvě	*slàvama	*slàvamъ
Instrumental	slàvojǫ, slàvǭ^**	*slàvama	*slàvamī
Vocative	*slàvo	*slàvě	*slàvy

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

*sluti (“be called”)
*slyšati (“to hear”)
*slyti (“have a reputation”)
*slušati (“to listen”)

*sluxъ (“hearing; rumor”)
*slovo (“word”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: слава (slava)
  - Belarusian: сла́ва (sláva)
  - Russian: сла́ва (sláva)
  - Rusyn: слава (slava)
  - Ukrainian: сла́ва (sláva)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: слава (slava)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱄⰾⰰⰲⰰ (slava)
- Bulgarian: слава (slava)
- Macedonian: слава (slava)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: сла̏ва
  
  Latin: slȁva
- Slovene: sláva (tonal orthography)

West Slavic:
- Czech: sláva
- Kashubian: słôwa
- Polish: sława
- Slovak: sláva
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: sława
  - Upper Sorbian: sława

Non-Slavic languages:
- Romanian: slavă

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “слава”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453

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