Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/devęsilъ
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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
Etymology
Univerbation of *dȅvę + *sìlъ, literally “nine powers”, three times three powers, for its medicinal potency. Compare German Neunkraft, Neunkraut and continuation of such formations in Russian девяти́льник (devjatílʹnik), Slovene devẹ̑tək (tonal orthography).
Noun
*devęsilъ m
Declension
Declension of *devęsilъ (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *devęsilъ | *devęsila | *devęsili |
| genitive | *devęsila | *devęsilu | *devęsilъ |
| dative | *devęsilu | *devęsiloma | *devęsilomъ |
| accusative | *devęsilъ | *devęsila | *devęsily |
| instrumental | *devęsilъmь, *devęsilomь* | *devęsiloma | *devęsily |
| locative | *devęsilě | *devęsilu | *devęsilěxъ |
| vocative | *devęsile | *devęsila | *devęsili |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: дзівасі́л (dzivasíl)
- Russian: девяси́л (devjasíl), девяси́лъ (devjasíl) — Pre-reform orthography (1918), девятиси́л (devjatisíl), дивоси́л (divosíl)
- Ukrainian: дев'яси́л (devʺjasýl), дивоси́л (dyvosýl), дев'ятиси́л (devʺjatysýl)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: devětsil
- Polish: dziewięćsił, dziewięsił (archaic)
- Slovak: deväťsil
References
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “девесѝл”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 331
- Theißen, Ulrich (2006) ““Ein bezauberndes Hustenkraut”: Zu den Bezeichnungen des Alants (Inula helenium L.) in den slawischen Sprachen, vor allem im Bulgarischen”, in Zeitschrift für Balkanologie (in German), volume 42, pages 230–231
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*devęsilъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 221
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “девеси́л”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress