Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/posъlъ

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

Deverbal from *posъlati (“to appoint, to send”).

Noun

*posъlъ m

1. envoy, messenger (in West and East dialects)
2. task, assignment (in South dialects)

Declension

Declension of *posъlъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*posъlъ	*posъla	*posъli
genitive	*posъla	*posъlu	*posъlъ
dative	*posъlu	*posъloma	*posъlomъ
accusative	*posъlъ	*posъla	*posъly
instrumental	*posъlъmь, *posъlomь*	*posъloma	*posъly
locative	*posъlě	*posъlu	*posъlěxъ
vocative	*posъle	*posъla	*posъli

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

Derived terms

• *posъlьstvo (“visit, delegation”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: посълъ (posŭlŭ)
    • Belarusian: пасо́л (pasól)
    • Russian: посо́л (posól)
      • → Bulgarian: посо́л (posól)
    • Ukrainian: посо́л (posól)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: по̀сао

    Latin script: pòsao

  • Slovene: pósəł (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: posel
    • Czech: posel
  • Kashubian: pòseł, pòsél, pòsélc
  • Polish: poseł
  • Slovak: posol
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: pósoł

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Albanian: pusullë

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “посол”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress