Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zьlčь

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źulˀkis/*źulˀktis, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. Cognate with Lithuanian tulžìs (via metathesis), Latvian žul̂ts, žul̂kts f. Related to *zelenъ (green), *zoltъ (golden), with possible influence from *žьltъ.

For the semantic relation, compare Proto-Germanic *gallǭ (gall), Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, bile) from the same proto-root.

Noun

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*zьlčь or *žь̑lčь f[1][2]

  1. bile

Declension

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Derived terms

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  • *zolkъ (young vegetation)
  • *zola (ashes, dirt) (possibly)

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жёлчь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “злъч”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 646

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zьlčь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 552
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “žȏlč”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *žь̑lčь, *zь̑lčь