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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/edlь

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *edli-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁edʰli. Baltic cognates include Lithuanian ẽglė, Latvian egle, Old Prussian addle. Indo-European cognates include Latin ebulum, ebulus (“dwarf-elder, danewort”), Old High German attuh, attah (“dwarf-elder, danewort”).

Noun

*ȅdlь f [1]

  1. spruce, fir

Inflection
Declension of *ȅdlь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *ȅdlь *ȅdli *ȅdli
Accusative *ȅdlь *ȅdli *ȅdli
Genitive *edlí *edlьjù, *edľu* *edlь̀jь
Locative *edlí *edlьjù, *edľu* *ȅdlьxъ
Dative *ȅdli *edlьmà *ȅdlьmъ
Instrumental *edlьjǫ́ *edlьmà *edlьmì
Vocative *edli *ȅdli *ȅdli
* 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

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ель (elĭ)
      • Belarusian: ёлка (jólka)
      • Russian: ель (jelʹ), gen. е́ли (jéli); ёлка (jólka)
      • Ukrainian: єль (jelʹ), їль (jilʹ), яль (jalʹ)

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ȇdlъ; *edlà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 139
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