Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/solpъ

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *salpás, probably from an extension of Proto-Indo-European *sel- (to flow, to slide, to thrust). Cognate with Lithuanian sal̃pas (river cove, creek, backwater), salpà (flood-land, river cove, creek, backwater). Possibly more distantly akin to Old Prussian salus (downpour).

Noun

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*sȏlpъ m[1][2][3]

  1. (rare) tilt, slant (in dialectal Bulgarian)
  2. (probably by extension) rapid, torrent
    waterfall

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • South Slavic:
    • Church Slavonic: слапъ (slapŭ, torrent)
    • Bulgarian: слап (slap, wave), слап (slap, slant, tilt) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: сла̑п
      Latin script: slȃp
    • Slovene: slȃp (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “слап¹ (wave)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 854
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “слап² (tilt, slant)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 855
  • salpas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*solpъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 460:m. o (c) ‘rapid, waterfall’
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “slap”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *sȏlpъ
  3. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “solpъ solpa”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c waterfall (NA 122)