Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъlnьce

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 earlier *sъlnь +‎ *-ьce, confer *sъlnьko, Russian по́солонь (pósolonʹ), солнопёк (solnopjók), солноворо́т (solnovorót), подсо́лнух (podsólnux) and Old Church Slavonic бесльньнъ (beslĭnĭnŭ, “sunless”), formation analogical to *sь̑rdьce, an extension of Proto-Balto-Slavic *súlˀnis, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

Noun

*sъ̏lnьce n

sun

Inflection

Declension of *sъ̑lnьce (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sъ̑lnьce	*sъ̑lnьci	*sъlnьcà
genitive	*sъ̑lnьca	*sъlnьcù	*sъlnь̀cь
dative	*sъ̑lnьcu	*sъlnьcemà	*sъlnьcémъ
accusative	*sъ̑lnьce	*sъ̑lnьci	*sъlnьcà
instrumental	sъ̑lnьcьmь, sъ̑lnьcemь^*	*sъlnьcemà	*sъlnьcí
locative	*sъ̑lnьci	*sъlnьcù	*sъlnьcíxъ
vocative	*sъ̑lnьce	*sъ̑lnьci	*sъlnьcà

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

Related terms

*sъlnьko

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сълньце (sŭlnĭce)
  - Old Ruthenian: солнце (solnce), солнцо (solnco), сонце (sonce)
    - Belarusian: со́нца (sónca)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: со́нце (sónce)
    - Ukrainian: со́нце (sónce)
  - Russian: со́лнце (sólnce)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: слъньце (slŭnĭce)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱄⰾⱏⱀⱐⱌⰵ (slŭnĭce)
- Bulgarian: слъ́нце (slǎ́nce)
- Macedonian: сонце (sonce), солнце (solnce) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: су̑нце
  
  Latin script: sȗnce
- Slovene: sọ̑nce (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: slunce, slnce
  - Czech: slunce
- Old Polish: słońce, słuńce
  - Polish: słońce
  - Silesian: słōńce
  - → Old Ruthenian: слонце (slonce), слунцо (slunco)
- Slovak: slnce (rare)
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: słuńce, słóńce, slônce
  - Slovincian: slóńcê
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: słónco
  - Lower Sorbian: słyńco