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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/želti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Attested only via its intensive derivative *žiliti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gélˀtei, descending from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-é-ti. Cognate with Latvian dzel̂t (“to sting”), Lithuanian gélti (“to hurt”), Proto-Germanic *kwelaną (“to quell, to kill”), Proto-Iranian *gráHti (“to project, to strike”).

Verb

*želti impf (perfective *žiliti)

  1. to bite (for beasts, reptiles)
  2. to sting (for insects)

Conjugation

▼ <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Proto-Slavic_terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*g%CA%B7elH-' title='Category:Proto-Slavic terms derived from the PIE root *gʷelH-'>Proto-Slavic terms derived from the PIE root *gʷelH-</a>‎ (0 c, 6 e)
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs118 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/%C5%BEaliti' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žaliti'>Proto-Slavic/žaliti</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs118 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/%C5%BEal%D1%8C' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žalь'>Proto-Slavic/žalь</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs118 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/%C5%BEel%C4%9Bti' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/želěti'>Proto-Slavic/želěti</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs118 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/%C5%BEelti' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/želti'>Proto-Slavic/želti</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs118 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/%C5%BE%C4%99dlo' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žędlo'>Proto-Slavic/žędlo</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs118 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/%C5%BE%D1%8Clna' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьlna'>Proto-Slavic/žьlna</a>

Derived terms

  • *želařь (“stinger (agent)”)
  • *žilo (“stringer (tool)”)
  • *užiliti (“to sting fiercely”)
  • *zažiliti (“to bite up”)
  • *jьzžiliti (“to bite out”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • ⇒ Russian: жиля́ть (žiljátʹ) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: жиля (žilja)
    • ⇒ Macedonian: жили (žili)
    • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: жи̏лити (dialectal)
      Latin: žȉliti (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “жиля, жилвам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 546
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