Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/volъ

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 *wálas, with no clear cognates outside Slavic. Often connected with *vel- (“big”) (as in *velьjь) and explained as meaning "a big creature".

Noun

*vòlъ m

1. ox

Declension

Declension of *vòlъ (u-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vòlъ	*volỳ	*volòve
genitive	*volù	*volòvu	*volòvъ
dative	*volòvi	*vòlъma	*volъ̀mъ
accusative	*vòlъ	*volỳ	*volỳ
instrumental	*volъ̀mь	*vòlъma	*vòlъmī
locative	*vòlu	*volòvu	*volъ̀xъ
vocative	*volu	*volỳ	*volòve

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: волъ (volŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: волъ (vol), вѡлъ (vôl), вулъ (vul) — Middle Ukrainian
      • Belarusian: вол (vol); вюл (vjul) (dialectal)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: вул (vul)
      • Ukrainian: віл (vil)
    • Russian: вол (vol)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: волъ (volŭ)
  • Bulgarian: вол (vol)
  • Macedonian: вол (vol)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: вол, во

    Latin: vol, vo

  • Slovene: vȍł (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: vól
    • Czech: vůl
  • Polabian: vål
  • Old Polish: wół
    • Polish: wół
  • Pomeranian:
    • Slovincian: wól
  • Slovak: vôl
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: woł
    • Upper Sorbian: woł