Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/želǫdь

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gelandis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂-ond⁽ʰ⁾-is, from *gʷelh₂- (“acorn”).

Noun

*žȅlǫdь m

1. acorn

Inflection

Declension of *žȅlǫdь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*žȅlǫdь	*žȅlǫdi	*žȅlǫdьjē, *žȅlǫďē*
genitive	*želǫdí	*želǫdьjù, *želǫďu*	*želǫdь̀jь
dative	*žȅlǫdi	*želǫdьmà	*žȅlǫdьmъ
accusative	*žȅlǫdь	*žȅlǫdi	*žȅlǫdi
instrumental	*žȅlǫdьmь	*želǫdьmà	*želǫdьmì
locative	*želǫdí	*želǫdьjù, *želǫďu*	*žȅlǫdьxъ
vocative	*želǫdi	*žȅlǫdi	*žȅlǫdьjē, *žȅlǫďē*

^* 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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: желѫдь (želǫdĭ), жолѫдь (žolǫdĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: жолудь (žoludʹ), жолудъ (žolud), жалудь (žaludʹ)
      • Belarusian: жо́луд (žólud); жо́лудзь (žóludzʹ) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: жо́лудь (žóludʹ)
    • Russian: жёлудь (žóludʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: жъ́лъд (žǎ́lǎd), же́лъмп (žélǎmp), же́лант (žélant) (dialectal)
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: желѫдь (želǫdĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰶⰵⰾⱘⰴⱐ (želǫdĭ)

  • Macedonian: же́лад (žélad)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: же̏лӯд

    Latin: žȅlūd

  • Slovene: žélod (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: želud, žalud (later)
    • Czech: žalud
  • Kashubian: żôłądz, żołądz
  • Old Polish: żołądź
    • Polish: żołądź
  • Old Slovak: žaluď
    • Pannonian Rusyn: жалудз (žaludz)
    • Slovak: žaluď
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: žołdź
    • Lower Sorbian: žołź, žołuź

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žȅlǫdь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 556
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жёлудь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress