Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zъly

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-Indo-European *ǵl̥h₂ōws.

Noun

*zъly f

sister-in-law (husband's sister)

Inflection

Declension of *zъly (hard v-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zъly	*zъlъvi	*zъlъvi
genitive	*zъlъve	*zъlъvu	*zъlъvъ
dative	*zъlъvi	zъlъvьma, zъlъvama^*	zъlъvьmъ, zъlъvamъ^*
accusative	*zъlъvь	*zъlъvi	*zъlъvi
instrumental	zъlъvьjǫ, zъlъvľǫ^**	zъlъvьma, zъlъvama^*	zъlъvьmi, zъlъvami^*
locative	*zъlъve	*zъlъvu	zъlъvьxъ, zъlъvaxъ^*
vocative	*zъly	*zъlъvi	*zъlъvi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
^** 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:
- Old East Slavic:
  - ⇒ Old East Slavic: золовка (zolovka)
    - Belarusian: зало́ўка (zalóŭka)
    - Russian: золо́вка (zolóvka)
  - ⇒ Old East Slavic:
    - Belarusian: залвіца (zalvica)
    - Ukrainian: зови́ця (zovýcja)
  - Russian: зо́лва (zólva) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: зъ́лва (zǎ́lva)
- Macedonian: золва (zolva)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: за̏ова
  
  Latin script: zȁova
- Slovene: zȏlva, zȃłva
  - ⇒ Slovene: zȃlvica
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: zelva
  - ⇒ Czech: zelva, zolvica
- Old Polish: zełw
  - ⇒ Polish: zołwica, załwica (dialectal)
- ⇒ Slovak: zolvica

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 551
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “золо́вка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress