Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/oldi
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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-Balto-Slavic *aldjāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oldʰeh₂; *h₂eldʰeh₂.
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian eldijà, aldijà (“hollowed out tree trunk, canoe”).
Indo-European cognates include Old English ealdoht, aldaht (“trough, vessel”), Proto-Germanic *aldǭ (“trough, hollow (of a tree)”), German alden (“furrow”) (dialectal), Tocharian B olyi (“vessel, ship, boat”) (< *oldy-). The Early Slavs used dugout canoes.
Noun edit
Declension edit
Declension of *oldi (ī-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *oldi | *oldьji | *oldьję̇ |
| genitive | *oldьję̇ | *oldьju | *oldьjь |
| dative | *oldьji | *oldьjama | *oldьjamъ |
| accusative | *oldьjǫ | *oldьji | *oldьję̇ |
| instrumental | *oldьjejǫ, *oldьjǫ** | *oldьjama | *oldьjami |
| locative | *oldьji | *oldьju | *oldьjasъ, *oldьjaxъ* |
| vocative | *oldьje | *oldьji | *oldьję̇ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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).
Alternative forms edit
- *oldьji
- *oldьja
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лодка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ладья”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 463
- Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*oldi / *oldьji? *oldьja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 53
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*oldi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 367: “f. ī ‘boat’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “oldi”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c båd (PR 138)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “lādja”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*oldi̋, rod. *óldьje”