Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)žerdlьje

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

From *o(b)- +‎ *žerdlo +‎ *-ьje.

Noun

*o(b)žerdlьje n

1. a thing worn around the neck, "around" the throat (collar, beads)

Declension

Declension of *o(b)žerdlьje (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*o(b)žerdlьje	*o(b)žerdlьji	*o(b)žerdlьja
genitive	*o(b)žerdlьja	*o(b)žerdlьju	*o(b)žerdlьjь
dative	*o(b)žerdlьju	*o(b)žerdlьjema	*o(b)žerdlьjemъ
accusative	*o(b)žerdlьje	*o(b)žerdlьji	*o(b)žerdlьja
instrumental	*o(b)žerdlьjьmь, *o(b)žerdlьjemь*	*o(b)žerdlьjema	*o(b)žerdlьji
locative	*o(b)žerdlьji	*o(b)žerdlьju	*o(b)žerdlьjixъ
vocative	*o(b)žerdlьje	*o(b)žerdlьji	*o(b)žerdlьja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ожерелье (ožerelĭje), ожерелие (ožerelije)
    • Old Ruthenian: ожере́лье (ožerélʹje), ожелье (oželʹje)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: жорі́лка (žorílka) (dialectal) (< *ожорі́лка)
    • Russian: ожере́лье (ožerélʹje)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic: ожрѣлиѥ (ožrělije), ождрѣлиѥ (oždrělije)
  • Serbo-Croatian: oždrijeļe (obsolete, rare)
  • Slovene: ožrȇlje, ožlȇrje (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: ožiedlé
  • Old Polish: ożydle, hożedle, ożegle, ożrzedle
    • Polish: ożydle, orzedle, orzydle (dialectal)