Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zъly

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-Indo-European *ǵh₂lōws.

Noun

*zъly f

1. sister-in-law (husband's sister)

Inflection

Declension of *zъly (hard v-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zъly	*zъlъvi	*zъlъvi
genitive	*zъlъve	*zъlъvu	*zъlъvъ
dative	*zъlъvi	*zъlъvьma, *zъlъvama*	*zъlъvьmъ, *zъlъvamъ*
accusative	*zъlъvь	*zъlъvi	*zъlъvi
instrumental	*zъlъvьjǫ, *zъlъvľǫ**	*zъlъvьma, *zъlъvama*	*zъlъvьmi, *zъlъvami*
locative	*zъlъve	*zъlъvu	*zъlъvьxъ, *zъlъvaxъ*
vocative	*zъly	*zъlъvi	*zъlъvi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic:
    • ⇒ Old East Slavic: золовка (zolovka)
      • Belarusian: зало́ўка (zalóŭka)
      • Russian: золо́вка (zolóvka)
    • ⇒ Old East Slavic:
      • Belarusian: залвіца (zalvica)
      • Ukrainian: зови́ця (zovýcja)
    • Russian: зо́лва (zólva) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: зъ́лва (zǎ́lva)
  • Macedonian: золва (zolva)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: за̏ова

    Latin script: zȁova

  • Slovene: zȏlva, zȃłva
    • ⇒ Slovene: zȃlvica
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: zelva
    • ⇒ Czech: zelva, zolvica
  • Old Polish: zełw
    • ⇒ Polish: zołwica, załwica (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Slovak: zolvica

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 551
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “золо́вка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress