Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščigъlъ

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

• *ščegъlъ

Etymology

Onomatopoetic according to Vasmer.

Noun

*ščigъlъ m

1. goldfinch

Derived terms

• *ščigъlьcь
• *ščigъlikъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: шчыго́л (ščyhól)
  • Russian: щего́л (ščegól)
  • Ukrainian: щи́голь (ščýholʹ), щи́глик (ščýhlyk)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Slovene: ščę̑gljəc (tonal orthography) (archaic)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: stehlec
  • Czech: stehlík
  • Old Polish: szczygieł
    • Polish: szczygieł
  • Slovak: stehlík

Further reading

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