Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bolgo
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Pokorny, the word may have originally meant "light," from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”).[1] Probably cognate with Sanskrit बृहस्पति (bṛhaspati), Avestan 𐬠𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬔 (bərəg), Avestan 𐬠𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬘𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (bərəjaiieiti).
Noun
[edit]Inflection
[edit]Declension of *bȏlgo (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bȏlgo | *bȏldzě | *bolgà |
| genitive | *bȏlga | *bolgù | *bõlgъ |
| dative | *bȏlgu | *bolgomà | *bolgòmъ |
| accusative | *bȏlgo | *bȏldzě | *bolgà |
| instrumental | *bȏlgъmь, *bȏlgomь* | *bolgomà | *bolgý |
| locative | *bȏldzě | *bolgù | *boldzě̃xъ |
| vocative | *bolgo | *bȏldzě | *bolgà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- → Old East Slavic: благо (blago)
- Bulgarian: бла́го (blágo)
- Macedonian: благо (blago)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: blagọ̑ (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бо́лого”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “124-25”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 124-25
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bȏlgo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 51: “n. o (c)”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “bolgo”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c gode (PR 138)”