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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/želěti

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 1

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-. Baltic cognates include Lithuanian gėlà (acute pain), gélti (to hurt sharply, to sting), gìlti (to become sick), 1sg. gìlstu, gilaũ (?), Latvian dzel̂t (to stab). Indo-European cognates include Old High German quāla (violent death), quelan (to feel a sharp pain), Old Saxon quāla (pain, torture), Old English cwelan (to die), English quell, Old Armenian կեղեմ (kełem, to torment), Old Armenian կեղ (keł, sore, ulcer). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek βελόνη (belónē, blade, nail).

Verb

*želěti

  1. to regret
Inflection
Derived terms
  • *želьba (grief, sorrow)
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷelH-‎ (0 c, 8 e)
Descendants
  • Church Slavonic: желѣти (želěti, to regret, to grieve) (Russian)
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: жале́ть (žalétʹ)
    • Ukrainian: жаліти (žality)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: желе́я (želéja) (dialectal), жале́я (žaléja) (standard, re-shaped under the influence of *žalь)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: želet (to regret)
    • Old Polish: żeleć
    • Slovak: želeť
Further reading
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “жале́ть”, 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 290
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жале́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*želěti I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 555

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰel-. Cognate with Ancient Greek θέλω (thélō, to wish, to want). Per Chernykh also cognate with Old Norse gilja (to lure, to seduce, to tempt).

Verb

*želěti

  1. to wish, to want
Alternative forms
Inflection
  • *žeľa (wish, desire)
  • *želьba (wish)
Descendants
Further reading
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “жела́ть”, 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 295
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жела́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*želěti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 555
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