Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zolto
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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-Indo-European *ǵʰólh₃tom (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”). Cognate with Latvian zȩ̀lts, English gold. See also Persian زر (zar).
Noun
Declension
Declension of *zȏlto (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *zȏlto | *zȏltě | *zoltà |
| genitive | *zȏlta | *zoltù | *zõltъ |
| dative | *zȏltu | *zoltomà | *zoltòmъ |
| accusative | *zȏlto | *zȏltě | *zoltà |
| instrumental | *zȏltъmь, *zȏltomь* | *zoltomà | *zoltý |
| locative | *zȏltě | *zoltù | *zoltě̃xъ |
| vocative | *zȏlto | *zȏltě | *zoltà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зо́лото”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “золото”, 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 328
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zȍlto”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 547
- ^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch, University of Vienna, page 7: “*zȏlto”