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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žerdlo
Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
- *žьrdlo
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gerˀtlá, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃-tló-m, from *gʷerh₃- (“to devour, swallow”). Equivalent to *žerti (“to devour, eat (of animals)”) + *-dlo.
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian gerklė̃ (“throat, larynx”), East Lithuanian gérklę.
Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek ζέρεθρον (zérethron).
Noun
*žērdlò n
- throat, inlet
- mouth, gorge
- water spring
Inflection
Declension of *žērdlò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *žērdlò | *žẽrdlě | *žērdlà |
Accusative | *žērdlò | *žẽrdlě | *žērdlà |
Genitive | *žērdlà | *žērdlù | *žẽrdlъ |
Locative | *žērdlě̀ | *žērdlù | *žẽrdlěxъ |
Dative | *žērdlù | *žērdlòma | *žērdlòmъ |
Instrumental | *žērdlъ̀mь, *žērdlòmь* | *žērdlòma | *žẽrdly |
Vocative | *žērdlò | *žẽrdlě | *žērdlà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
See also
- *gъrdlo
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: жерело (žerelo)
- Belarusian: жарало́ (žaraló)
- Russian: жерло́ (žerló)
- Ukrainian: джерело́ (džereló)
- Old Novgorodian: жерегло (žereglo)
- Old East Slavic: жерело (žerelo)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: жрѣло (žrělo)
- Glagolitic: ⰶⱃⱑⰾⱁ (žrělo)
- Bulgarian: жрело́ (žreló), ждрело́ (ždreló)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ждре́ло, ждри́јело
- Latin: ždrélo, ždríjelo
- Slovene: žrélo
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: žřiedlo
- Czech: zřídlo
- Moravian (Mistřice): žídu̯o
- Czech: zřídlo
- Kashubian: zdrzódło, rzódło
- Old Polish: źrzódło
- Polish: źródło
- Silesian: zdrzůdło
- Slovak: žriedlo
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: žŕodło
- Old Czech: žřiedlo
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 559
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “жерело”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “жерло”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 300