Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čerslo

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

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kerslá. Equivalent to *čersti +‎ *-slo.

Cognate with Lithuanian ker̃slas (cutter) (kir̃sti, kertù), Old Prussian kersle (pickaxe, axe with 2 blades). Also compare Lithuanian kirkšnìs/kìrkšnis (hip joint), Latvian cir̂ksnis (groin) or Latvian šķerslis or Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌰 (hairþra), Old High German hërdar or Latin culter, cultrum.

For the meaning compare French taille (waist), Italian taglia (< Latin taliāre (to cut)).

Noun edit

*čerslò n[1][2]

  1. plowshare
    Synonyms: *čьrtadlo, *lemešь, *ordlica, *ordlo
  2. tan (tannic) (South and West Slavic)
  3. (plural only) thighs (South and West Slavic)
    Synonyms: *lędvь, *bedro, *stegno
  4. (plural only) loin, small of the back (East Slavic)
    Synonym: *lędvь

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Further reading edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “чре́сла”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “че́ресло”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čerslo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 74

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*čerslò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 84: “n. o (b) ‘loin’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “čerslo čersla”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b plowshare (NA 113, 142; PR 135)”