Given name · sla-pro
Gostislavъ
“guest”·“glory, fame”
Gostislavъ is a masculine given name from Proto-Balto-Slavic, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Proto-Slavic.
sla-proWritten in Cyrillic script.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gostislavъ is built from elements meaning “guest” and “glory, fame”.
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Where it comes from
Gostislavъ comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
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How it developed
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ślṓˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-.
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Gostislavъ’s family of names
In Proto-Slavic usage, Gostislavъ shares a linguistic root with the Proto-Norse form ᚺᛚᛖᚹᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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