Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bělъ bogъ

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bělъ bogъ

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 *bělъ (“good, lucky”) +‎ *bogъ (“fate”).

Noun

*bě̃lъ bȍgъ m[1]

1. good luck

   Antonym: *čь̀rnъ bȍgъ

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: Белые боги (Belyje bogi, toponym)
  • ⇒ Russian: Беловожский монастырь (Belovožskij monastyrʹ, toponym)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: бял бог (bjal bog, “luck, success”) (dialectal)
  • Serbian: бели бог (beli bog), бел бог (bel bog, “fate”) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: Bělbog (toponym)
  • ⇒ Czech: Bělbožice (toponym)
  • Kashubian: [Term?] (“good God”)
  • Silesian: Bioły Bóg (“good, friendly deity; good spirit”)
  • Slovincian: bjǻu̯lï bȯ́u̯g (“God”)

References

1. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “bělъ bogъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, page 238