Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dolъ

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

Probably cognate with Proto-Germanic *dalą (“valley”), Welsh dol f (“valley”). Snoj draws further comparison with Ancient Greek θόλος (thólos, “cavity”) (genetic relation discarded by Beekes).

Noun

*dȍlъ m[1][2][3]

bottom (low part)
valley, dale, ravine
(West Slavic) pit, depression
Synonyms: *jama, *rytva

Declension

Milleit (see Derksen's comment in EDSIL) assumes that the u-stem declension, attested in OCS, Lechitic, Czech, Ukrainian, is due to association with the antonym *vьrxъ (“top”) (u-stem).

Declension of *dȍlъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*dȍlъ	*dȍla	*dȍli
Accusative	*dȍlъ	*dȍla	*dȍly
Genitive	*dȍla	*dolù	*dòlъ
Locative	*dȍlě	*dolù	*dolě̃xъ
Dative	*dȍlu	*dolomà	*dolòmъ
Instrumental	dȍlъmь, dȍlomь^*	*dolomà	*dolý
Vocative	*dole	*dȍla	*dȍli

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Declension of *dȍlъ (u-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*dȍlъ	*dȍly	*dȍlove
Accusative	*dȍlъ	*dȍly	*dȍly
Genitive	*dȍlu	*dolovù	*dolòvъ
Locative	*dolú	*dolovù	*dȍlъxъ
Dative	*dȍlovi	*dolъmà	*dȍlъmъ
Instrumental	*dȍlъmь	*dolъmà	*dolъmì
Vocative	*dolu	*dȍly	*dȍlove

Derived terms

*dolu, *dolě (“below, at the bottom”) (adverbs)
*dolina, *dolišče
*dolica, *dolьčina
*dolьnъ (adj.)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: дол (dol)
- Russian: дол (dol)
- Ukrainian: діл (dil)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: долъ (dolŭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰴⱁⰾⱏ (dolŭ)
- Bulgarian: дол (dol)
- Macedonian: дол (dol)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: до̑л, до̑
  
  Latin: dȏl, dȏ
- Slovene: dọ̑ł, dȏł (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: dól
  - Czech: důl
- Polabian: döl
- Polish: dół
- Slovak: dol (archaic)
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: doł
  - Upper Sorbian: doł

Non-Slavic:
- ⇒ Romanian: dolie

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dȏlъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 112: “m. o (c) ‘dale, valley’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “dolъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 126; PR 137); d (OSA 42)”
Snoj, Marko (2016), “dol”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *dolъ̏”

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дол”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dolъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 64
Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “дол”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 409

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dȏlъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 112: “m. o (c) ‘dale, valley’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “dolъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 126; PR 137); d (OSA 42)”

[3] Snoj, Marko (2016), “dol”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *dolъ̏”