Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/odьlgъ

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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 *ob- (somewhat) +‎ *dьlgъ (long). Compare Lithuanian apýilgis (< apy- +‎ ilgas), Latin oblongus (< ob- +‎ longus).

Adjective

*odьlgъ

  1. longish, elongated, oblong

Declension

Descendants

  • East Slavic: —
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian: ȍdug
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*obdьlgъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 26 (*novoukъ(jь) – *obgorditi), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 175

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