Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/solь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Common Balto-Slavic; cognate with Latvian sāls (“salt”), Lithuanian saldus (“sweet”) and Old Prussian sal (“salt”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls.

Noun

*sȍlь f

1. salt

Declension

Declension of *sȍlь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*sȍlь	*sȍli	*sȍli
Accusative	*sȍlь	*sȍli	*sȍli
Genitive	*solí	*solьjù, *soľu*	*solь̀jь
Locative	*solí	*solьjù, *soľu*	*sȍlьxъ
Dative	*sȍli	*solьmà	*sȍlьmъ
Instrumental	*solьjǫ́	*solьmà	*solьmì
Vocative	*soli	*sȍli	*sȍli

^* 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).

Derived terms

• *soltina
• *solnъ
  • *solnina

Related terms

• *soldъ
• *soldъkъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: соль (solʹ)
  • Russian: соль (solʹ)
  • Rusyn: сіль (silʹ)
  • Ukrainian: сіль (silʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: соль (solĭ)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: сол (sol)
  • Macedonian: сол (sol)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: со̑л, со̑

    Latin: sȏl, sȏ

  • Slovene: sọ̑ł (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: sůl
  • Polabian: süli
  • Polish: sól
  • Slovak: soľ
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: sol
    • Upper Sorbian: sól

Further reading

• Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “соль”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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