Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/osьlъ

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/osьlъ

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

Borrowed from Gothic 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃 (asilus), itself borrowed from Latin asellus, asinus.

Noun

*osь̀lъ m[1][2]

1. donkey

Declension

Declension of *osь̀lъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*osь̀lъ	*osьlà	*osьlì
Accusative	*osь̀lъ	*osьlà	*osьlỳ
Genitive	*osьlà	*osьlù	*osь̀lъ
Locative	*osьlě̀	*osьlù	*osь̀lěxъ
Dative	*osьlù	*osьlòma	*osьlòmъ
Instrumental	*osьlъ̀mь, *osьlòmь*	*osьlòma	*osь̀ly
Vocative	*osьle	*osьlà	*osьlì

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

Derived terms

• *osьlìca

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: осьлъ (osĭlŭ)
    • Belarusian: асёл (asjól)
    • Russian: осёл (osjól), осёлъ (osjól)
      • → Eastern Mari: осёл (osël)
      • → Ingrian: osla
      • → Kildin Sami: о̄ссел (ōssʹel)
      • → Udmurt: осёл (osjol)
      • → Yakut: осёл (osyol)
    • Rusyn: осел (osel)
    • Ukrainian: осе́л (osél)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic: осьлъ (osĭlŭ)

  • Bulgarian: осел (osel)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: о̏сао

    Latin: ȍsao

  • Slovene: ósəł
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: osel
  • Kashubian: òseł, osoł
  • Polish: osioł, osieł
  • Slovak: osol
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: wósoł
    • Upper Sorbian: wosoł

References

1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*osь̀lъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 381
2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “osьlъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 172; PR 134)”