Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/želza
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *gʰelǵʰ-, related to Lithuanian gẽležuones, Old Armenian գեղձք (gełjkʻ).
Noun
editDeclension
editDeclension of *žēlzà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *žēlzà | *žẽlzě | *žēlzỳ |
genitive | *žēlzỳ | *žēlzù | *žẽlzъ |
dative | *žēlzě̀ | *žēlzàma | *žēlzàmъ |
accusative | *žēlzǫ̀ | *žẽlzě | *žēlzỳ |
instrumental | *žēlzòjǫ, *žẽlzǫ** | *žēlzàma | *žēlzàmī |
locative | *žēlzě̀ | *žēlzù | *žēlzàsъ, *žēlzàxъ* |
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
editDescendants
editFrom full-grade *želza, *želzda:
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
From zero-grade *žьlza:
- West Slavic:
References
edit- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*želza”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 557
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “žleza”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *želza̋”
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “железа́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жлеза, жлега”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 550