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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žely

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *žьlỳ

Etymology

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Probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʰelu-, *gʰelew- ,*gʰelōw- (“tortoise, turtle-like animals”). Compare Ancient Greek χέλῡς (khélūs, “tortoise”).

Noun

*želỳ f[1]

  1. turtle, tortoise

Inflection
Declension of *želỳ (v-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *želỳ *želъ̀vi *želъ̀vi
genitive *želъ̀ve *želъ̀vu *želъ̀vъ
dative *želъ̀vi *želъ̀vьma, *želъ̀vama* *želъ̀vьmъ, *želъ̀vamъ*
accusative *želъ̀vь *želъ̀vi *želъ̀vi
instrumental *želъ̀vьjǫ, *želъ̀vľǭ** *želъ̀vьma, *želъ̀vama* *želъ̀vьmī, *želъ̀vamī*
locative *želъ̀ve *želъ̀vu *želъ̀vьxъ, *želъ̀vaxъ*
vocative *želỳ *želъ̀vi *želъ̀vi
* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
** 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).

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: желꙑ (žely), жьлꙑ (žĭly), желъвь (želŭvĭ), желъва (želŭva)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: *желꙑ (*žely), жьлꙑ (žĭly)
      • Church Slavonic: желꙑ (žely) (Russian recension)
      • Bulgarian: же́лва (žélva), жъ́лва (žǎ́lva) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: же̑лва̄
      Latin script: žȇlvā
      ⇒ Cyrillic script: желка, же̏љка
      ⇒ Latin script: želka, žȅljka
    • Slovene: žẹ̑lva (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žely II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 557

Further reading
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “желв”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 192
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “желва¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 532
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “žẹ̑lva”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
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