Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьlъ

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 edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Possibly rebuilt from u-stem *jìlъ,[2][3] from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ī́ˀlus, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)iHlús (mud; dark).[4] Perhaps cognate with Latvian īls (very dark), Ancient Greek ἰλύς (ilús, mud, slime), εἰλύ (eilú, very dark, black).[3][1]

Noun edit

*jьlъ m[1][2]

  1. silt
  2. clay

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: илъ (ilŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: илъ (ilŭ, bog)
      Glagolitic script: ⰻⰾⱏ (ilŭ)
    • Bulgarian: ил (il)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ѝловача
      Latin script: ìlovača
    • Slovene: íl (loam, clay), jilo (loam, clay), ilo (loam, clay)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: jíl
      • Czech: jíl (silt, clay)
    • Polish: (clay, natural dampness of earth), jеł (clay, natural dampness of earth) (dialectal)
    • Slovak: íl (silt, clay), il (silt, clay) (archaic)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*jьlъ; *jьlo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 211:m. o; n o ‘silt, clay’
  2. 2.0 2.1 Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎[1], volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 536
  3. 3.0 3.1 Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ил”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  4. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἰ̄λῡ́ς, -ύος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 589