Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ulьjь

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 *aulios, whence also Lithuanian aulỹs (“(bee)hive”), Latvian aũlis (“(bee)hive”), and Old Prussian aulis (“shin(bone)”); from an i-stem derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlós, nominalization of *h₂ewlo- (“tube, hole, channel”), to which compare the dialectal meanings “hollow tree” in Slovene and “pipe,opening” in Bulgarian. Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek αὐλός (aulós, “tube, pipe, flute; haulm”), αὐλών (aulṓn, “hollow, channel, strait”), Old Armenian ուղի (ułi, “road, path, way”), Hittite [script needed] (halluwa-, “hollow, pit”) and/or 𒀀𒌑𒇷𒅖 (a-ú-li-iš /aulis/, “tube-shaped organ in the neck”),[1] Latin alvus (“hollow, cavity; trough, hold of a ship”), and dialectal Norwegian aul (“(hollow stalk of) wild angelica”).[2]

Noun

*ulьjь m[2]

hive
(dialectal) hollow tree; opening; pipe

Inflection

Declension of *ulьjь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ulьjь	*ulьja	*ulьji
Accusative	*ulьjь	*ulьja	*ulьję̇
Genitive	*ulьja	*ulьju	*ulьjь
Locative	*ulьji	*ulьju	*ulьjixъ
Dative	*ulьju	*ulьjema	*ulьjemъ
Instrumental	ulьjьmь, ulьjemь^*	*ulьjema	*ulьji
Vocative	*ulьju	*ulьja	*ulьji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms

*ùlica (“road, channel”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ву́лей (vúljej)
- Russian: у́лей (úlej)
- Rusyn: уль (ulʹ)
- Ukrainian: у́лій (úlij), ву́лій (vúlij)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: улей (ulej)
- Macedonian: улиште (ulište) (< *ulьjьšče)
- Slovene: ȗlj
West: Slavic:
- Old Czech: úlí
  - Czech: úl
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): houl
- Polish: ul
- Slovak: úľ
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: wul

References

Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “auli-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 229–230
Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508

[1] Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “auli-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 229–230

[EDSIL-2] Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508