Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/olsь
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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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *alśis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ól-ḱ-is ~ h₁él-ḱ-is, from *h₁el- (“deer”). Cognate with English elk.
Noun
- (North Slavic) elk (British), moose (U.S.)
Declension
The word is only attested as a soft o-stem in the descendants, but the lack of both iotation and the progressive palatalization point to an original i-stem paradigm.
Declension of *ȏlsь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ȏlsь | *ȏlsi | *ȏlsьjē, *ȏlšē* |
| genitive | *olsí | *olsьjù, *olšu* | *olsь̀jь |
| dative | *ȏlsi | *olsьmà | *ȏlsьmъ |
| accusative | *ȏlsь | *ȏlsi | *ȏlsi |
| instrumental | *ȏlsьmь | *olsьmà | *olsьmì |
| locative | *olsí | *olsьjù, *olšu* | *ȏlsьxъ |
| vocative | *olsi | *ȏlsi | *ȏlsьjē, *ȏlšē* |
* 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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*olsь/*olsъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 79
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лось”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ȏlsь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 370: “m. jo (c) ‘elk’”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “lọ̑s”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “pslovan. *ȏlsь”