Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščelь
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cleave”). Akin to Proto-Germanic *skaljō (“shell”).
Noun
[edit]*ščelь f
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *ščelь (i-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *ščelь | *ščeli | *ščeli |
genitive | *ščeli | *ščelьju, *ščeľu* | *ščelьjь, *ščeli* |
dative | *ščeli | *ščelьma | *ščelьmъ |
accusative | *ščelь | *ščeli | *ščeli |
instrumental | *ščelьjǫ, *ščeľǫ* | *ščelьma | *ščelьmi |
locative | *ščeli | *ščelьju, *ščeľu* | *ščelьxъ |
vocative | *ščeli | *ščeli | *ščeli |
* 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).
Derived terms
[edit]- *ščeliti (“to open a fracture”)
- *ščelьka (diminutive)
- *ščelina (“aperture”)
- *ščelьcь, *ščelьkunъ (“type of winged insect”)
- *ščelьnъ, *ščelevъ (relative adjective)
- *ščelistъ, *ščelęstъ (“cloven, cleft”)
Related terms
[edit]- *čeľustь (“jaw”) (in its first element)
- *ščelpъ (“lower jaw”)
- *skala (“rock, crag”)
- *skolьka (“shell, vesicle”)
- *oskolъkъ (“splinter”)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щель”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- щіль in Горох.ua (Етимологія)