Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obьlъ

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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 an earlier **obvьlъ with regular assimilation -bv- > -bb- > -b-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *apwilas (0-grade) ~ *apwalus (o-grade), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (to roll, to wind). Cognate with Latvian apaļš (round), Lithuanian apvalùs (round). For the loss of -v- between ob- and a vowel compare *obolkъ which comes from an earlier **obvolkъ.

Adjective

*obьlъ

  1. round, oval

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: о́блый (óblyj)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
  • Non-Slavic:

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*obьlъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 363