Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zalogъ

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

By surface analysis, *za- +‎ *logъ.

Noun

*zalogъ m

1. pawn, pledge

Declension

Declension of *zalogъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zalogъ	*zaloga	*zalodzi
genitive	*zaloga	*zalogu	*zalogъ
dative	*zalogu	*zalogoma	*zalogomъ
accusative	*zalogъ	*zaloga	*zalogy
instrumental	*zalogъmь, *zalogomь*	*zalogoma	*zalogy
locative	*zalodzě	*zalogu	*zalodzěxъ
vocative	*založe	*zaloga	*zalodzi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: зало́г (zalóg)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: зало̀г (zalòg)
  • Macedonian: залог (zalog)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: за́лог

    Latin script: zálog

• West Slavic:
  • Polish: załóg (dialectal)
  • Slovak: záloh

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зало́г”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress