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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tęželъ

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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

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, *tędzati (to pull) +‎ *-elъ.

Adjective

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*tę̏želъ[1]

  1. heavy, weighty
  2. grave, severe

Declension

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: тяжёлый (tjažólyj), чижёлый (čižólyj) (dialectal)

References

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  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “?tęželъ tęželo tęžela”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b tung (PR 136)

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тяжелый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress