Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/solь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *sāˀlis; cognate with Latvian sāls (“salt”), Lithuanian saldus (“sweet”) and Old Prussian sal (“salt”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls.

Noun

*sȍlь f^[1]^[2]

salt

Declension

Declension of *sȍlь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sȍlь	*sȍli	*sȍli
genitive	*solí	solьjù, soľu^*	*solь̀jь
dative	*sȍli	*solьmà	*sȍlьmъ
accusative	*sȍlь	*sȍli	*sȍli
instrumental	*solьjǫ́	*solьmà	*solьmì
locative	*solí	solьjù, soľu^*	*sȍlьxъ
vocative	*soli	*sȍli	*sȍli

^* 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).

Derived terms

*soltina (“saltmarsh”)
*solnъ (“salty, salted”)
- *solnina (“salt-cured meat”)
*soliti (“to salt”)

Related terms

*soldъ (“malt”)
*soldъkъ (“sweet”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: соль (solĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: соль (solʹ)
    - Belarusian: соль (solʹ); со́ля (sólja) (dialectal)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: суль (sulʹ), сіль (silʹ)
    - Ukrainian: сіль (silʹ)
  - Middle Russian: соль (solʹ)
    - Russian: соль (solʹ)
- Old Novgorodian: соль (solĭ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: соль (solĭ)
- Bulgarian: сол (sol)
- Macedonian: сол (sol)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: со̑л, со̑
  
  Latin: sȏl, sȏ
- Slovene: sọ̑ł (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: sól
  - Czech: sůl
- Old Polish: sól
  - Polish: sól
  - Silesian: sōl
- Old Slovak: soľ
  - Pannonian Rusyn: соль (solʹ)
  - Slovak: soľ
- Polabian: sül
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: sól
  - Slovincian: sól
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: sol
  - Upper Sorbian: sól

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sȏlь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 461
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “solь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c salt (PR 138)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sȏlь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 461

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “solь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c salt (PR 138)”

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