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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gelandis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂-ond⁽ʰ⁾-is, from *gʷelh₂- (“acorn”).
Noun
*žȅlǫdь m
- acorn
Inflection
* 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:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žȅlǫdь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 556
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жёлудь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress