Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žely
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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
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
Traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *gʰel(H)-ewH- (“tortoise, turtle-like animal”), and compared with Ancient Greek χέλῡς (khélūs, “tortoise”), χελώνη (khelṓnē, “id”); see the latter for more.[1]
Noun
*želỳ f[1]
Inflection
Declension of *želỳ (hard v-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *želỳ | *želъ̀vi | *želъ̀vi |
| genitive | *želъ̀ve | *želъ̀vu | *želъ̀vъ |
| dative | *želъ̀vi | *želъ̀vьma, *želъ̀vama* | *želъ̀vьmъ, *želъ̀vamъ* |
| accusative | *želъ̀vь | *želъ̀vi | *želъ̀vi |
| instrumental | *želъ̀vьjǫ, *želъ̀vľǭ** | *želъ̀vьma, *želъ̀vama* | *želъ̀vьmī, *želъ̀vamī* |
| locative | *želъ̀ve | *želъ̀vu | *želъ̀vьxъ, *želъ̀vaxъ* |
| vocative | *želỳ | *želъ̀vi | *želъ̀vi |
* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
** 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).
** 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:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: žẹ̑lva (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
References
Further reading
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “желв”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 192
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “желва¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 532
- Snoj, Marko (2016) “žẹ̑lva”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si