Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sedъlo

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sedula if Latvian sedli / segli is not borrowing from Slavic, otherwise from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”) +‎ *-ъlo. Compare similar formations formed independently: Proto-Germanic *sadulaz, Latin sella; however, there may be a borrowing relationship between Slavic and Germanic, more likely the former into the latter.

If inherited from Proto-Indo-European, it could reflect *sédulos, presumably thematicized from earlier *séd-wl̥ (“tool for sitting”). But, there are historical reasons to doubt such an old word for “saddle”.

*-e- instead of expected *-ě- (cf. *sěděti, *sědlo) is explained by irregular phonetic development caused by frequency.^[1]

Noun

*sedъlò n^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

(originally) seat
1. → saddle

Inflection

Declension of *sedъlò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sedъlò	*sedъ̀lě	*sedъlà
genitive	*sedъlà	*sedъlù	*sedъ̀lъ
dative	*sedъlù	*sedъlòma	*sedъlòmъ
accusative	*sedъlò	*sedъ̀lě	*sedъlà
instrumental	sedъlъ̀mь, sedъlòmь^*	*sedъlòma	*sedъ̀ly
locative	*sedъlě̀	*sedъlù	*sedъ̀lěxъ
vocative	*sedъlò	*sedъ̀lě	*sedъlà

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: седьло (sedĭlo)
  - Old Ruthenian: седло́ (sedló)
    - Belarusian: сядло́ (sjadló)
    - Ukrainian: сідло́ (sidló)
  - Russian: седло́ (sedló)
- Old Novgorodian: седло (sedlo)
South Slavic:
- ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: оседълати (osedŭlati, “to saddle”)
- Church Slavonic: седьло (sedĭlo), сѣдло (sědlo)
- Bulgarian: седло́ (sedló)
- Macedonian: седло (sedlo)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: сѐдло
  
  Latin script: sèdlo
  - Chakavian (Novi): sedlȍ
  - Chakavian (Orbanići): sȅdlo
  - Chakavian (Vrgada): sedlȍ
- Slovene: sêdlo (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: sedlo
  - Czech: sedlo
- Kashubian: sodło
- Polabian: sedlü
- Old Polish: siodło
  - Polish: siodło
  - Silesian: siŏdło
- Slovak: sedlo
- Slovincian: sôdlô
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: sodło
  - Upper Sorbian: sedło

References

^ Mańczak, Witold (2017) “siodło”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN, page 177
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sedъlò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 443
^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “Suf. -ъlъ, ъlo”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 111
^ Klotz, Emanuel (2017) “*sedu̱la «sedъlo»”, in Urslawisches Wörterbuch [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 195
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “sedьlo b”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “седло́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “сядло”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “сідло”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “siodło”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 548
Snoj, Marko (2016) “sedlo”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
Václav Machek (1968) “sedlo”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 539
Králik, Ľubor (2016) “sedliak”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 523
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971–2017), “седло”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1–8, Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, page 582

[1] Mańczak, Witold (2017) “siodło”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN, page 177

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sedъlò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 443

[3] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “Suf. -ъlъ, ъlo”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 111

[4] Klotz, Emanuel (2017) “*sedu̱la «sedъlo»”, in Urslawisches Wörterbuch [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 195

[5] Olander, Thomas (2001) “sedьlo b”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander

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