Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/oldi

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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

*oldi

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *aldjāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oldʰeh₂; *h₂eldʰeh₂.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian eldijà, aldijà (“hollowed out tree trunk, canoe”).

Indo-European cognates include Old English ealdoht, aldaht (“trough, vessel”), Proto-Germanic *aldǭ (“trough, hollow (of a tree)”), German alden (“furrow”) (dialectal), Tocharian B olyi (“vessel, ship, boat”) (< *oldy-). The Early Slavs used dugout canoes.

Noun

*oldi f[1][2][3]

  1. boat, vessel

Declension

Declension of *oldi (ī-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *oldi *oldьji *oldьję̇
genitive *oldьję̇ *oldьju *oldьjь
dative *oldьji *oldьjama *oldьjamъ
accusative *oldьjǫ *oldьji *oldьję̇
instrumental *oldьjejǫ, *oldьjǫ** *oldьjama *oldьjami
locative *oldьji *oldьju *oldьjasъ, *oldьjaxъ*
vocative *oldьje *oldьji *oldьję̇
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Alternative forms

  • *oldьji
  • *oldьja

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лодка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ладья”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 463
  • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*oldi / *oldьji? *oldьja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 53

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*oldi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 367: “f. ī ‘boat’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “oldi”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c båd (PR 138)”
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “lādja”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*oldi̋, rod. *óldьje”
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