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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/velьb(l)ǫdъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From a Germanic language, most likely Gothic 𐌿𐌻𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (ulbandus). Anlaut *velь- instead of more precise **vъl- probably due to contamination with *velьjь.
From early *vъlьb(l)ǫdъ < *vъlbǫdъ < *ulbondъ < *ulbondu, from Gothic 𐌿𐌻𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (ulbandus).
Noun
*velьb(l)ǫdъ m
- camel
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: вельблѫдъ (velĭblǫdŭ)
- Old Ruthenian: верблю́дъ (verbljúd)
- Belarusian: вярблю́д (vjarbljúd)
- Ukrainian: верблю́д (verbljúd)
- Middle Russian: верблю́дъ (verbljúd)
- Russian: верблю́д (verbljúd)
- Old Ruthenian: верблю́дъ (verbljúd)
- Old East Slavic: вельблѫдъ (velĭblǫdŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: вельбѫдъ (velĭbǫdŭ), вельблѫдъ (velĭblǫdŭ), вельблоудъ (velĭbludŭ)
- Glagolitic: ⰲⰵⰾⱐⰱⱘⰴⱏ (velĭbǫdŭ), ⰲⰵⰾⱐⰱⰾⱘⰴⱏ (velĭblǫdŭ), ⰲⰵⰾⱐⰱⰾⱆⰴⱏ (velĭbludŭ)
- Bulgarian: велблю́д (velbljúd)
- Slovene: velblód
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: velbloud
- Kashubian: wielbłąd
- Old Polish: wielbłąd
- Polish: wielbłąd
- Slovak: veľblúd
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: wjelbłud
- Upper Sorbian: wjelbłud
Further reading
- Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1980), “вярблю́д”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 2 (ва – вяшчэ́ль), Minsk: Navuka i technika
- Rudnyc'kyj, Jaroslav B. (1962–1972), “верблю́д”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language (in English), volume 1: А – Ґ, Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, page 348
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “верблю́д”, in Етимологічний словник української мови: у 7 т. [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 7 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 351
- Saskia Pronk-Tiethoff, The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic (Amsterdam/New York 2013) p. 147