Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cěglъ

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-Indo-European *kay- +‎ *-glъ.

Compare Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰-𐌺𐌻-𐍃 (aina-kl-s), Latin sin-gul-us; Sanskrit केवल (kevala) (< *kaywelo-), Latin caelebs.

Adjective edit

*cěglъ

  1. single
  2. unique

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: чеглꙑи (čeglyi), чеклꙑи (čeklyi)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic: —

References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “цегл”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*cěglъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 176