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 *sъlnь +‎ *-ьce.

*sъ̑lnьce n (related adjective *sъlnьčьnъ)

1. (originally) diminutive of *sъlnь (“Sun”)
2. Sun (the star at the center of the Solar System)

   Synonyms: *sъlno, *sъlnь, *sъlnьje

• 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)
  • Old Slovak: slnce, slunce, slnco
    • 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 (in Russian), Moscow: Progress