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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žerdlo

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 forms

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gerˀtlá, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃-tló-m, from *gʷerh₃- (to devour, swallow). Equivalent to *žerti (to devour, eat (of animals)) + *-dlo.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian gerklė̃ (throat, larynx), East Lithuanian gérklę.

Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek ζέρεθρον (zérethron).

Noun

*žērdlò n

  1. throat, inlet
  2. mouth, gorge
  3. water spring

Inflection

See also

Descendants

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 559
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жерело”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “жерло”, 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 300
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