< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/želza
 |
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 *gʰelǵʰ-, related to Lithuanian gẽležuones, Old Armenian գեղձք (gełjkʿ).
Declension
Declension of *žēlzà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *žēlzà | *žẽlzě | *žēlzỳ |
| Accusative | *žēlzǫ̀ | *žẽlzě | *žēlzỳ |
| Genitive | *žēlzỳ | *žēlzù | *žẽlzъ |
| Locative | *žēlzě̀ | *žēlzù | *žēlzàsъ, *žēlzàxъ* |
| Dative | *žēlzě̀ | *žēlzàma | *žēlzàmъ |
| Instrumental | *žēlzòjǫ, *žẽlzǫ** | *žēlzàma | *žēlzàmī |
| Vocative | *želzo | *žẽlzě | *žēlzỳ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Alternative forms
- *želzda (expressive)
- *žьlza (Lechitic, Wendish)
Descendants
From full-grade *želza, *želzda:
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
From zero-grade *žьlza:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*želza”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 557
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “žleza”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *želza̋”
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “железа́”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “жлеза, жлега”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 550
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.