Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫdolь

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

Alternative forms

• *ǫdolъ m

Etymology

*ǫdolь:

• Per Boryś: From *on (“in”) +‎ *dolъ (“bottom”) +‎ *-ь (“something”)
• See also *ǫdolьje, Upper Sorbian wudolina.

*ǫdolъ:

• Per Boryś: From *on (“in”) +‎ *dolъ (“bottom”) +‎ *-ъ (“something”)
• Per Vasmer: From *ǫ- +‎ *dolъ
• See also *jьzokъ, *orzokъ, *bezdъnъ.

Noun

*ǫdolь f

1. glen, dale, ravine, cloof

   Synonym: *ǫdolьje

Declension

Declension of *ǫdolь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ǫdolь	*ǫdoli	*ǫdoli
genitive	*ǫdoli	*ǫdolьju, *ǫdoľu*	*ǫdolьjь, *ǫdoli*
dative	*ǫdoli	*ǫdolьma	*ǫdolьmъ
accusative	*ǫdolь	*ǫdoli	*ǫdoli
instrumental	*ǫdolьjǫ, *ǫdoľǫ*	*ǫdolьma	*ǫdolьmi
locative	*ǫdoli	*ǫdolьju, *ǫdoľu*	*ǫdolьxъ
vocative	*ǫdoli	*ǫdoli	*ǫdoli

^* 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).

See also

• *doľa
• *děliti
• *nizina
• *želbъ

Related terms

• *nadolъ
• *odolьje
• *orzdolь / *orzdolъ
• *orzdolьje

Descendants

• Church Slavonic ѫдолъ (ǫdolŭ), ѫдоль (ǫdolĭ) (Serbian)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: удолъ (udolŭ), удоль (udolĭ)
    • Russian: удо́л m (udól)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: ѫдоль f (ǫdolĭ, “valley”)
    • → Russian: юдоль (judolʹ) (archaic)
  • Slovene: odol m (“valley”)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: údol m
  • Kashubian: vǫdȯł
  • Old Polish: wądół (wądol/vadol/wødol/wandolow)
    • Polish: wądół m, wędół m
  • Slovak: údol m
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: wudoł m

Further reading

• Wiesław Boryś (2021) “Prasłowiańska leksyka topograficzna i hydropgraficzna. 5. Klasyczne prasłowiańskie innowacje leksykalne. *ǫdolъ / *ǫdolь.”, in Rocznik Slawistyczny, volume 70, ?: Komitet Słowianoznawstwa PAN, page 36
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “удол”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “юдоль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “юдо́ль”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) “§2.15а. Вопрос о протетическом [j]”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎^[2] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 53