Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/velьb(l)ǫdъ

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 a Germanic language, most likely Gothic 𐌿𐌻𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (ulbandus). Anlaut *velь- instead of more precise **vъl- probably due to contamination with *velьjь.

From early *vъlьb(l)ǫdъ < *vъlbǫdъ < *ulbandъ < *ulbandu, from Gothic 𐌿𐌻𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (ulbandus).

Noun

*velьb(l)ǫdъ m

1. camel

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: вельблѫдъ (velĭblǫdŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: верблю́дъ (verbljúd)
      • Belarusian: вярблю́д (vjarbljúd)
      • Ukrainian: верблю́д (verbljúd)
    • Middle Russian: верблю́дъ (verbljúd)
      • Russian: верблю́д (verbljúd)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: вельбѫдъ (velĭbǫdŭ), вельблѫдъ (velĭblǫdŭ), вельблоудъ (velĭbludŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰲⰵⰾⱐⰱⱘⰴⱏ (velĭbǫdŭ), ⰲⰵⰾⱐⰱⰾⱘⰴⱏ (velĭblǫdŭ), ⰲⰵⰾⱐⰱⰾⱆⰴⱏ (velĭbludŭ)

  • Bulgarian: велблю́д (velbljúd)
  • Slovene: velblód
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: velbloud
  • Kashubian: wielbłąd
  • Old Polish: wielbłąd
    • Polish: wielbłąd
  • Slovak: veľblúd
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: wjelbłud
    • Upper Sorbian: wjelbłud

Further reading

• Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1980), “вярблю́д”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 2 (ва – вяшчэ́ль), Minsk: Navuka i technika
• Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972) “верблю́д”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 348
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “верблю́д”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 351
• Saskia Pronk-Tiethoff, The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic (Amsterdam/New York 2013) p. 147