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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/želbъ

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

Uncertain. Has been compared with Ancient Greek δολφóς (dolphós, “gut”), δελφῡ́ς (delphū́s, “womb”), Sanskrit गर्भ (garbha, “fetus, womb”) from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ-, however, (per Vasmer) semantically unsatisfactory. Alternatively, akin to Ancient Greek γλάφω (gláphō, “to dig, to hollow”), Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”), possibly Proto-Celtic *gulbā (“beak”) from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“to flay, to scrape”).

Noun

*žȇlbъ m[1][2]

  1. groove, furrow, manger
  2. socket
  3. (by extension) steep gorge

Declension

Derived terms

  • *želbiti (“to furrow, to trench”)
  • *želbьcь, *želbica (“small socket, groove”)
  • *želbina (“socket; muzzle, gorge”)
  • *želbьnъ (“grooved”)
  • *želbavъ (“notched, hooked”)
  • *gъlbь, *gъlbica (“type of duck, swan”) (possibly)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: жолобъ (žolobŭ)
      • Belarusian: жо́лаб (žólab)
      • Russian: жёлоб (žólob), жо́лоб (žólob)
      • Ukrainian: жо́лоб (žólob)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “želbъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “d rende (PR 137; RPT 105)”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), “žlȇb”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *žȇlbъ”
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