Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zolto

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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-Indo-European *ǵʰólh₃tom (gold), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (yellow; gleam; to shine). Cognate with Latvian zȩ̀lts, English gold. See also Persian زر (zar).

Noun

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*zȏlto n[1][2]

  1. gold

Declension

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зо́лото”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “золото”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 328

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zȍlto”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 547
  2. ^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch[1], University of Vienna, page 7:*zȏlto