Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/motuľь

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 *motati +‎ *-uľь.

Noun

*motuľь m

1. Alternative reconstruction of *motyľь (“butterfly, moth”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *мотуль (*motulĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: *мотуль (*motulʹ)
      • Belarusian: мітули́ pl (mitulí) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: матуль (matulʹ) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: мо̀туљ (dialectal)

    Latin script: mòtulj (dialectal)

  • Slovene: motúlj (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: motoul