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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obolkъ

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

*ȍbolci nadъ borъmì

Etymology

From an earlier **obvolkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *abwalkas. Morphologically from *ȍb- + *vȏlkъ. It literally means "a thing that shambles (in the sky)". For the loss of -v- between ob- and a vowel compare *obьlъ which comes from an earlier **obvьlъ.

Noun

*ȍbolkъ m[1][2][3][4]

  1. cloud

Inflection

See also

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: о́болоко (óboloko), о́болокъ (óbolokŭ)
      • Russian: о́болоко (óboloko) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: о́болок (óbolok) (dated)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “о́блако”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “о́болоко”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*obolkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 362:m. o ʻcloudʼ
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “obolkъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c cloud (MP 20)
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016) “oblȃk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *ȍb(v)olkъ
  4. Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2014) “Drevnerusskoje udarenije. Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ”, in Languages of Slavic Culture (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 436:о́болокоc...óbolokoc...
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