Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъľьkъ

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *gъlьkъ

Etymology

From *gъ̀ľь (“jug”) +‎ *-ьkъ.

Noun

*gъľьkъ m (East Slavic)

1. (originally) diminutive of *gъľь (“jug”)
2. jug, pitcher, jar

Related terms

• *gъľakъ
• *gъľьcь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: гълькъ (gŭlĭkŭ), голькъ (golĭkŭ), голкъ (golkŭ), гълекъ (gŭlekŭ), глекъ (glekŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: глекъ (hlek)
      • Belarusian: глёк (hljok) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: глек (hlek)
        • → Polish: hlek (regional)
    • Middle Russian: глекъ (glek), голекъ (golek)
      • Russian: глёк (gljok), глек (glek), гилёк (giljók), гылёк (gyljók), гиле́к (gilék), гило́к (gilók) (dialectal)
  • Old Novgorodian: гълько (gŭlĭko)

Further reading

• Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972) “глек”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 642
• Vasmer, Max (1964) “глек”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – Д), Moscow: Progress, page 412
• Shansky, N. M., editor (1972), “гле́чик”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 4 (Г), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 92
• Preobrazhensky, A. G. (1910–1914) “глекъ”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – О), numbers 1–9, Moscow: G. Lissner & D. Sobko Publishing House, page 125