Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moteľь

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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

From *motati +‎ *-eľь.

Noun

*moteľь m[1]

  1. Alternative reconstruction of *motyľь (butterfly, moth)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*motyľь I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 84