Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šulьga

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

Etymology

Mostly likely from *šulъ (“broken”) +‎ *-ьga, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śjaulas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱsewlos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱsewl-, from *ḱes- (“to cut”). The alleged connection with *šȗjь (“left”) is probably erroneous.

Noun

*šulьga f

1. (originally) maimed, chopped off (without right hand)
2. (East Slavic) left-handed

Related terms

• *šulo, *šula (“post, pole, block, log”)
• *šuľati (“to push”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: шульга́ (šulʹgá) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: шульга́ (šulʹhá)

Further reading

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