Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъlnьce

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.

From earlier *sъlnь +‎ *-ьce, confer *sъlnьko, Russian по́солонь (pósolonʹ), солнопёк (solnopjók), солноворо́т (solnovorót), подсо́лнух (podsólnux) and Old Church Slavonic бесльньнъ (beslĭnĭnŭ, “sunless”), formation analogical to *sь̑rdьce, an extension of Proto-Balto-Slavic *súlˀnis, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

*sъ̏lnьce n

1. sun

• *sъlnьko

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сълньце (sŭlnĭce)
    • Old Ruthenian: солнце (solnce), солнцо (solnco), сонце (sonce)
      • Belarusian: со́нца (sónca)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: со́нце (sónce)
      • Ukrainian: со́нце (sónce)
    • Russian: со́лнце (sólnce)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: слъньце (slŭnĭce)

    Glagolitic: ⱄⰾⱏⱀⱐⱌⰵ (slŭnĭce)

  • Bulgarian: слъ́нце (slǎ́nce)
  • Macedonian: сонце (sonce), солнце (solnce) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: су̑нце

    Latin script: sȗnce

  • Slovene: sọ̑nce (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: slunce, slnce
    • Czech: slunce
  • Old Polish: słońce, słuńce
    • Polish: słońce
    • Silesian: słōńce
    • → Old Ruthenian: слонце (slonce), слунцо (slunco)
  • Slovak: slnce (rare)
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: słuńce, słóńce, slônce
    • Slovincian: slóńcê
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: słónco
    • Lower Sorbian: słyńco

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 479
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “солнце”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress