Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/smola
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *smelāˀ, *smаlāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *smel- (: *smol-).
Baltic cognates include Latvian smeļi (“resinous logs”), Lithuanian smė̃lа, smelà (“resin”), smil̃kti (“to smoke slightly”), smilkýti (“to fume”).
Indo-European cognates include Low German smelen, Middle English smolder, Proto-West Germanic *smallijan (“to glow, burn, smoulder”), Middle Irish *smāl- : *smōl-.
Noun
[edit]*smolà f
Declension
[edit]Declension of *smolà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *smolà | *smòlě | *smolỳ |
| genitive | *smolỳ | *smolù | *smòlъ |
| dative | *smolě̀ | *smolàma | *smolàmъ |
| accusative | *smolǫ̀ | *smòlě | *smolỳ |
| instrumental | *smolòjǫ, *smòlǫ** | *smolàma | *smolàmī |
| locative | *smolě̀ | *smolù | *smolàsъ, *smolàxъ* |
| vocative | *smolo | *smòlě | *smolỳ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic: смола (smola)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Other:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “смола”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress