Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tьlěti

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 *til- or *tilˀ-. Cognate with Latvian til̂t (to become soft or retted) (West Latvian dialect, where the broken and falling tones merge). Possibly cognate with *utoliti (to quench, to relieve) and/or Lithuanian tylė́ti (to soothe, to be silent), tìlti (to be silent). Vasmer suggests a possible additional connection with Ancient Greek τέλμα (télma, marsh, puddle), τελμίς (telmís, rot, slime) (gen. τελμῖνος (telmînos)), Old Armenian տիղմ (tiłm, mud). Chernykh adds Old Irish tulid, tuilid (to sleep).

Verb edit

*tьlěti impf

  1. to decay
  2. to smolder

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: тьлѣти (tĭlěti, to rot), 1sg. тьлѣю (tĭlěju)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: tlít (to rot, to decay, to mold)
    • Polish: tleć (smolder), 1sg. tleję
    • Slovak: tlieť (to smolder)
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: tłać (to decay, to rot)
      • Lower Sorbian: tłaś (to decay, to rot)

References edit

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “тлеть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 246
  • Derksen, Rick (2008), “*tьlěti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 504
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “тлеть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress