Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/devęsilъ

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

Univerbation of *dȅvę +‎ *sìlъ, literally “nine powers”, three times three powers, for its medicinal potency. Compare German Neunkraft, Neunkraut and continuation of such formations in Russian девяти́льник (devjatílʹnik), Slovene devẹ̑tək (tonal orthography).

Noun

*devęsilъ m

1. a composite medicinal plant

Declension

Declension of *devęsilъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*devęsilъ	*devęsila	*devęsili
genitive	*devęsila	*devęsilu	*devęsilъ
dative	*devęsilu	*devęsiloma	*devęsilomъ
accusative	*devęsilъ	*devęsila	*devęsily
instrumental	*devęsilъmь, *devęsilomь*	*devęsiloma	*devęsily
locative	*devęsilě	*devęsilu	*devęsilěxъ
vocative	*devęsile	*devęsila	*devęsili

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: дзівасі́л (dzivasíl)
  • Russian: девяси́л (devjasíl), девяси́лъ (devjasíl) — Pre-reform orthography (1918), девятиси́л (devjatisíl), дивоси́л (divosíl)
  • Ukrainian: дев'яси́л (devʺjasýl), дивоси́л (dyvosýl), дев'ятиси́л (devʺjatysýl)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: девеси́л (devesíl), девиси́л (devisíl)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: девѐсиљ, невѐсиљ, девѐсиље, невѐсиље

    Latin script: devèsilj, nevèsilj, devèsilje, nevèsilje

  • Slovene: devesílje
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: devětsil
  • Polish: dziewięćsił, dziewięsił (archaic)
  • Slovak: deväťsil

References

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “девесѝл”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 331
• Theißen, Ulrich (2006) ““Ein bezauberndes Hustenkraut”: Zu den Bezeichnungen des Alants (Inula helenium L.) in den slawischen Sprachen, vor allem im Bulgarischen”, in Zeitschrift für Balkanologie‎^[1] (in German), volume 42, pages 230–231
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*devęsilъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 221
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “девеси́л”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress