Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/galъ
Proto-Slavic edit
Etymology 1 edit
Uncertain. Sparsely attested, mainly in toponyms and derived terms.
If the color association is derived from the name of the jay, jackdow bird (and not vice versa), it is possible that the root is of onomatopoeic nature, related to *gavati (“to bark”), *gajati (“to croak”), *gakati (“to caw”). Compare regional *gaga (“jay”).
Adjective edit
*galъ
Inflection edit
Indefinite declension of *galъ (hard)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *galъ | *gala | *galo |
genitive | *gala | *galy | *gala |
dative | *galu | *galě | *galu |
accusative | *galъ | *galǫ | *galo |
instrumental | *galomь | *galojǫ | *galomь |
locative | *galě | *galě | *galě |
vocative | *gale | *galo | *galo |
dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *gala | *galě | *galě |
genitive | *galu | *galu | *galu |
dative | *galoma | *galama | *galoma |
accusative | *gala | *galě | *galě |
instrumental | *galoma | *galama | *galoma |
locative | *galu | *galu | *galu |
vocative | *gala | *galě | *galě |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *gali | *galy | *gala |
genitive | *galъ | *galъ | *galъ |
dative | *galomъ | *galamъ | *galomъ |
accusative | *galy | *galy | *gala |
instrumental | *galy | *galami | *galy |
locative | *galěxъ | *galaxъ | *galěxъ |
vocative | *gali | *galy | *gala |
Definite declension of *galъ (hard)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *galъjь | *galaja | *galoje |
genitive | *galajego | *galyję̇ | *galajego |
dative | *galujemu | *galěji | *galujemu |
accusative | *galъjь | *galǫjǫ | *galoje |
instrumental | *galyjimь | *galǫjǫ | *galyjimь |
locative | *galějemь | *galěji | *galějemь |
vocative | *galъjь | *galaja | *galoje |
dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *galaja | *galěji | *galěji |
genitive | *galuju | *galuju | *galuju |
dative | *galyjima | *galyjima | *galyjima |
accusative | *galaja | *galěji | *galěji |
instrumental | *galyjima | *galyjima | *galyjima |
locative | *galuju | *galuju | *galuju |
vocative | *galaja | *galěji | *galěji |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *galiji | *galyję̇ | *galaja |
genitive | *galъjixъ | *galъjixъ | *galъjixъ |
dative | *galyjimъ | *galyjimъ | *galyjimъ |
accusative | *galyję̇ | *galyję̇ | *galaja |
instrumental | *galyjimi | *galyjimi | *galyjimi |
locative | *galyjixъ | *galyjixъ | *galyjixъ |
vocative | *galiji | *galyję̇ | *galaja |
Derived terms edit
- *gaľa (“black fem. animal (sheep, hen, bitch)”)
- *galica (“chough”)
- *galъka (“jackdaw”)
- *galębъ, *galǫbъ (“gull”)
- *galovъ (“dark, murky”)
See also edit
*bělъ (of animals) *bronъ |
*sivъ, *śěrъ, *śědъ | *čьrnъ, *smaglъ, *smǫglъ (of animals) *vornъ, *galъ |
*čьrvenъ, *ryďь, *ruměnъ | *rudъ, *granivъ; *smědъ (of animals) *gnědъ |
*žьltъ (of animals) *solvъ; *polvъ |
*zelenъ | *zelenъ, *grěnъ | |
*polvъ | *siňь; *modrъ | |
*slivъ | *bagrъ |
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- ⇒ Ukrainian: галь (halʹ, “herd of jays”) (dialectal)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: галъ (galŭ)
- Bulgarian: гал m (gal, “jackdaw”)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: Галиче (Galiče), Галатски рид (Galatski rid), Галовo (Galovo), Галова падина (Galova padina) (toponyms)
- Macedonian: гал (gal) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: gàl
- West Slavic:
- Czech: gał (“pitch”) (dialectal)
Further reading edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “галка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*galъ II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 96
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гал”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 225
- Maya Vlahova-Angelova (2014) “Цветовете в Българската топонимия”, in „Известия“, книга XXVII[1], Institute of Bulgarian Language at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, pages 130-159
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout, cry”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *galaną.
Noun edit
*galъ m
Inflection edit
Declension of *galъ (hard o-stem)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “галда”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress