Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žerdlo

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

Alternative forms

*žьrdlo

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gerˀtló, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃-tlóm. Equivalent to *žerti (“to devour, eat (of animals)”) +‎ *-dlo.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian gerklė̃ (“throat, larynx”), East Lithuanian gérklę.

Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek ζέρεθρον (zérethron).

Noun

*žērdlò n

throat, inlet
mouth, gorge
water spring

Inflection

Declension of *žērdlò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*žērdlò	*žẽrdlě	*žērdlà
Accusative	*žērdlò	*žẽrdlě	*žērdlà
Genitive	*žērdlà	*žērdlù	*žẽrdlъ
Locative	*žērdlě̀	*žērdlù	*žẽrdlěxъ
Dative	*žērdlù	*žērdlòma	*žērdlòmъ
Instrumental	žērdlъ̀mь, žērdlòmь^*	*žērdlòma	*žẽrdly
Vocative	*žērdlò	*žẽrdlě	*žērdlà

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

Descendants

East Slavic: жерело (žerelo)
- Belarusian: жарало́ (žaraló)
- Russian: жерело́ (žereló), dial. жерогло́ (žerogló)
- Ukrainian: джерело́ (džereló), жерело́ (žereló)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: жрѣло (žrělo)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: жрело́ (žreló), ждрело́ (ždreló)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ждре́ло, ждри́јело
  
  Latin: ždrélo, ždríjelo
- Slovene: žrélo

West Slavic:
- Czech: zřídlo
- Polish: źródło
- Silesian: zdrzůdło
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: žŕodło

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 559
Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “жерело”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “жерло”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 300

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