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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/želǫdъkъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
According to Deborah Hayden and David Stifter, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰelH-end- from *gʰelH- (“digestive organ, stomach”), related to Ancient Greek χολάδες (kholádes, “intestines”), Ancient Macedonian γόλα (góla, “intestines”), Old Irish eclas (“stomach, gizzard”), Breton elaz (“gizzard”).[1]
Noun
*želǫdъkъ m
- stomach
Declension
Declension of *želǫdъkъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *želǫdъkъ | *želǫdъka | *želǫdъci |
| Accusative | *želǫdъkъ | *želǫdъka | *želǫdъky |
| Genitive | *želǫdъka | *želǫdъku | *želǫdъkъ |
| Locative | *želǫdъcě | *želǫdъku | *želǫdъcěxъ |
| Dative | *želǫdъku | *želǫdъkoma | *želǫdъkomъ |
| Instrumental | *želǫdъkъmь, *želǫdъkomь* | *želǫdъkoma | *želǫdъky |
| Vocative | *želǫdъče | *želǫdъka | *želǫdъci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: жалу́дак (žalúdak) (dialectal)
- Russian: желу́док (želúdok)
- Rusyn: жалу́док (žalúdok)
- Ukrainian: желу́док (želúdok) (dialectal), жолу́док (žolúdok) (dialectal)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: желѫдъкъ (želǫdŭkŭ)
- Glagolitic: ⰶⰵⰾⱘⰴⱏⰽⱏ (želǫdŭkŭ)
- Bulgarian: желъ́дък (želǎ́dǎk) (rare)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: želudek
- Czech: žaludek
- Old Polish: żołądek
- Polish: żołądek
- Slovak: žalúdok
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: žołdk
- Lower Sorbian: žołdk
- Old Czech: želudek
- From *želǫdьcь
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: жѐлудац
- Latin: žèludac
- Slovene: želôdec
- From *želǫdьnikъ
- Macedonian: желудник (želudnik)
Further reading
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*želǫdъkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 556
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “желу́док”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
References
- David Stifter (14 September 2022), “Etymology of Old Irish eclas "gizzard" (St Cormac's Day 2022)”, in David Stifter’s Youtube Channel