Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/noťьlěgъ

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

Etymology

Apparently a compound of *noťь +‎ *ležati/*leťi, however the lack of *-o- is odd, suggesting possibly a calque or some language, compare German Nachtlager.

Noun

*nokťьlěgъ m

1. lodging for the night

Declension

Declension of *noťьlěgъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*noťьlěgъ	*noťьlěga	*noťьlědzi
genitive	*noťьlěga	*noťьlěgu	*noťьlěgъ
dative	*noťьlěgu	*noťьlěgoma	*noťьlěgomъ
accusative	*noťьlěgъ	*noťьlěga	*noťьlěgy
instrumental	*noťьlěgъmь, *noťьlěgomь*	*noťьlěgoma	*noťьlěgy
locative	*noťьlědzě	*noťьlěgu	*noťьlědzěxъ
vocative	*noťьlěže	*noťьlěga	*noťьlědzi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ночьлѣгъ (nočĭlěgŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: ночлѣгъ (nočlěh)
      • Belarusian: начле́г (načljéh)
      • Ukrainian: нічлі́г (ničlíh)
    • Russian: ночле́г (nočlég)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: nocleh
    • Czech: nocleh
  • Kashubian: noclég
  • Old Polish: nocleg
    • Polish: nocleg
    • Silesian: noclyg
  • Slovak: nocľah
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: nóclěh

References

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*noktьlěgъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 178
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “nocleg”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)