Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žužeľь

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.

Of onomatopoeic origin, from *žužati (“to hum”) +‎ *-eľь.

*žùžeľь m^[1]

1. humming insect (particularly cicada, chafer)

• *žužela (a-stem)

• *žuželica, *žuželъka (dialectal)

• *žukъ (“beetle”)
• *žuža, *žužьkъ (“cockchafer”)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: жужель (žuželĭ)
    • Belarusian: жу́жаль (žúžalʹ, “chafer”)
    • ⇒ Russian: жу́желица (žúželica, “chafer”) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Ukrainian: жу́желиця (žúželycja, “chafer”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: жоужель (žuželĭ)
  • Bulgarian: жу́жел (žúžel, “cicada”)
  • Slovene: žúžel (dated)
    • ⇒ Slovene: žužẹ̑lka (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: žúžela
    • Czech: žoužel (rare)
    • ⇒ Czech: žížala
  • Polish: żużel (“slag”) (possibly)
  • Slovak: žúžel
  • Sorbian:
    • ⇒ Upper Sorbian: žuželica
• Non-Slavic:
  • → Greek: ζούζουλον (zoúzoulon)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жужелица”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жужел”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 557
• Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “жужаль”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 242