Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/podъbělъ

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

*podъbělъ

Etymology

*podъ- (“under-”) +‎ *bělъ (“white”), so called because the flipside of the leaves of Tussilago farfara contrasts starkly into white. For the same reason the butterbur or coltsfoot (Petasites spp.) bears the name in Russian, as well as бѣлокопы́тникъ (bělokopýtnik).

Noun

*podъbělъ m

coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
Synonym: *kopytъnikъ

Inflection

Declension of *podъbělъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*podъbělъ	*podъběla	*podъběli
genitive	*podъběla	*podъbělu	*podъbělъ
dative	*podъbělu	*podъběloma	*podъbělomъ
accusative	*podъbělъ	*podъběla	*podъběly
instrumental	podъbělъmь, podъbělomь^*	*podъběloma	*podъběly
locative	*podъbělě	*podъbělu	*podъbělěxъ
vocative	*podъběle	*podъběla	*podъběli

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: падбе́л (padbjél)
- Russian: подбе́л (podbél), pre-1918 подбѣ́лъ (podbě́l)
- Ukrainian: підбі́л (pidbíl)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: по́дбел (pódbel)
- Macedonian: подбел (podbel)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: по̀дбел, по̀дбјел, по̀дбијел, по̀дбил, по̀дбео, по̀дбио, по̀дбе̄љ, по̀дбијељ
  
  Latin script: pòdbel, pòdbjel, pòdbijel, pòdbil, pòdbeo, pòdbio, pòdbēlj, pòdbijelj
- Slovene: podbẹ̀ł
West Slavic:
- Czech: podběl
- Polish: podbiał
- Slovak: podbeľ

Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: podbál, podbállapi, podbállapu (rare)
- → Romanian: podbeál, podbeálă

References

Pott, August Friedrich (1870) Beiträge zur vergleichenden Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der arischen, celtischen und slawischen Sprachen (in German), volume 6, Berlin: Ferdinand Dümmler’s Verlagsbuchhandlung, Harrwitz und Goßmann, pages 339–340

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