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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/solpъ

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-Balto-Slavic *salpás, probably from an extension of Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to flow, to slide, to thrust”). Cognate with Lithuanian sal̃pas (“river cove, creek, backwater”), salpà (“flood-land, river cove, creek, backwater”). Possibly more distantly akin to Old Prussian salus (“downpour”).

Noun

*sȏlpъ m[1][2][3]

  1. (rare) tilt, slant (in dialectal Bulgarian)
  2. (probably by extension) rapid, torrent
    → waterfall

Declension
Declension of *sȏlpъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *sȏlpъ *sȏlpa *sȏlpi
Accusative *sȏlpъ *sȏlpa *sȏlpy
Genitive *sȏlpa *solpù *sõlpъ
Locative *sȏlpě *solpù *solpě̃xъ
Dative *sȏlpu *solpomà *solpòmъ
Instrumental *sȏlpъmь, *sȏlpomь* *solpomà *solpý
Vocative *solpe *sȏlpa *sȏlpi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *persоlpъ, *prisolpъ (“tilt, slant”)
  • *nasolpъ (“river wave”)
  • *solpějь (“wavefront”)
  • *sьlpati/*selpati (“to thrust, to spring, to gush”) (a/j-conjugation)

Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: слапъ (slapŭ, “torrent”)
    • Bulgarian: слап (slap, “wave”), слап (slap, “slant, tilt”) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: сла̑п
      Latin: slȃp
    • Slovene: slȃp (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*solpъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 460: “m. o (c) ‘rapid, waterfall’”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), “slap”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *sȏlpъ”
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001), “solpъ solpa”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c waterfall (NA 122)”
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