Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vojьna

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

See *vojьnъ +‎ *-a.

Noun

*vojьna f

1. war

Declension

Declension of *vojьna (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vojьna	*vojьně	*vojьny
genitive	*vojьny	*vojьnu	*vojьnъ
dative	*vojьně	*vojьnama	*vojьnamъ
accusative	*vojьnǫ	*vojьně	*vojьny
instrumental	*vojьnojǫ, *vojьnǫ**	*vojьnama	*vojьnami
locative	*vojьně	*vojьnu	*vojьnasъ, *vojьnaxъ*
vocative	*vojьno	*vojьně	*vojьny

^* -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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: воина (voina)
    • Old Ruthenian: война (vojna)
      • Belarusian: вайна́ (vajná)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: вṓйна (vṓjna)
      • Ukrainian: війна́ (vijná)
    • Russian: война́ (vojná)
      • → Skolt Sami: väinn
  • Old Novgorodian: воина (voina)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: воина (voina)
  • Bulgarian: война (vojna)
  • Macedonian: војна (vojna)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: во̑јна

    Latin script: vȏjna

  • Slovene: vojna
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian:
  • Old Czech: vojna
    • Czech: vojna
  • Old Polish: wojna
    • Polish: wojna
    • Silesian: wojna
  • Old Slovak: vojna
    • Pannonian Rusyn: война (vojna)
    • Slovak: vojna
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: wòjna
    • Slovincian: wôjna
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: wójna
    • Upper Sorbian: wójna

References

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “wojna”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 706