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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).
Declension
Declension of *zȏlto (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *zȏlto | *zȏltě | *zoltà |
| Accusative | *zȏlto | *zȏltě | *zoltà |
| Genitive | *zȏlta | *zoltù | *zõltъ |
| Locative | *zȏltě | *zoltù | *zoltě̃xъ |
| Dative | *zȏltu | *zoltomà | *zoltòmъ |
| Instrumental | *zȏltъmь, *zȏltomь* | *zoltomà | *zoltý |
| 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 Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “золото”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, 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”
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