єль

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Old Ruthenian

єль

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ѥль (jelĭ), ель (elĭ), from Proto-Slavic *ȅdlь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *edlis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁edʰ-l-is, from *h₁edʰ-.[1][2][3] Cognate with Russian ель (jelʹ), Old Novgorodian егль (eglĭ).

Noun

єль (jelʹf inan (related adjective єловый)

  1. spruce
    Synonyms: єли́на (jelína), є́лка (jélka), єдла (jedla), є́дли́на (jédlína)
    корень глꙋхое ели былъ покармъ ихkorenʹ hluxoje eli byl pokarm ix(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

  • Ukrainian: яль (jalʹ), єль (jelʹ), їль (jilʹ), іль (ilʹ), иль (ylʹ) (dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*edlь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 15
  2. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “ялина”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 543
  3. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2021) “ель I”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 15 (друг – еренга), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 330:ст.-блр. ель XVI в.st.-blr. jelʹ XVI v.

Further reading

  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “ель”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 204
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2002), “єль”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 9 (дѣдичъ – загонити), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 92