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2 d(ъ)va
d(ъ)va Grammatical information: num. Proto-Slavic meaning: `two'Page in Trubačev: V 185-186Old Church Slavic:Russian:Czech:Polish:Slovincian:dvã `two' [num], dvjìe̯ [numf], dvjìe̯ [numn]Serbo-Croatian:dvȃ `two' [num], dvȉje [numf], dvȃ `two' [numn];Čak. dvå̑ (Vrgada) `two' [num], dvȋ [numf], dvå̑ [numn];Čak. dvȃ (Orbanići) `two' [num]Slovene:dvȃ `two' [num]Bulgarian:Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: duoʔ; duoiʔLithuanian:dù `two' [num], dvì `two' [numf]Indo-European reconstruction: duo-h₁; duo-ih₁Page in Pokorny: 228Other cognates:Skt. dvā́ `two' [num]; -
3 d(ъ)vojь
d(ъ)vojь Grammatical information: num.Page in Trubačev: V 192Old Church Slavic:Russian:dvóe `two, two pairs' [num jo]Czech:dvojí `double, twofold' [adj jo]Polish:Serbo-Croatian:dvȍji `two, double, twofold' [adj jo]Slovene:dvọ̑j `two, double, twofold' [adj jo]Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: duoiósLithuanian:dvejì `two' [num]Indo-European reconstruction: duo-ió-Page in Pokorny: 228Other cognates:Skt. dvayá- `double' [adj]; -
4 eterъ
eterъ Grammatical information: prn.Page in Trubačev: VIII 187Old Church Slavic:Church Slavic:Upper Sorbian:Lower Sorbian:wótery, wótary, wótory `some' [prn o]Indo-European reconstruction: io-tero-IE meaning: someoneCertainty: +Page in Pokorny: 283Comments: It cannot be decided whether this pronoun continues PIE *io-tero- or *h₁e-etero-, cf. Skt. yatará- `which of the two' vs. Av. atāra- `this one of the two'. The Sorbian forms may have been influenced by *vъtorъ `second'.Other cognates:Skt. yatará- `which of the two' -
5 blizna
blizna; blizno Grammatical information: f. ā; n. oPage in Trubačev: II 118-120Russian:blízna (dial.) `missing thread in fabric, flaw in home-spun material' [f ā];blizná `knot in linen resulting from an incorrect arrangement of the warp' [f ā];bliznó `flaw in fabric, absence of one or two threads' [n o];bljuzná `flaw in fabric' [f ā]Old Russian:Belorussian:bljuzná `flaw in fabric' [f ā]Ukrainian:blýzna `wound, scar' [f ā];blyzná `defect in linen' [f ā]Czech:Polish:Old Polish:Kashubian:blïzna `cicatrice' [f ā]Upper Sorbian:Lower Sorbian:Serbo-Croatian:blȉzna `two threads put into a reed (instead of one);ruptured thread in weft or warp' [f ā], blȋznī [Nom p];blȋzna `scar' [f ā];blȉzno `gap' [n o]Bulgarian:blizná `place in fabric where a thread is torn or missing' [f ā]Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: bliʔź-n-Lithuanian:blyžė̃ `rip in fabric' [f ē] 4Latvian:blîznis2 `pile of broken trees in a forest' [f ē]Indo-European reconstruction: A formation with an n-suffix derived from *bʰliǵ- `beat', cf. Lat. flīgere `hit'.IE meaning: scarPage in Pokorny: 160Comments: The forms that seemingly reflect *bl'uzna must be secondary. -
6 blizno
blizna; blizno Grammatical information: f. ā; n. oPage in Trubačev: II 118-120Russian:blízna (dial.) `missing thread in fabric, flaw in home-spun material' [f ā];blizná `knot in linen resulting from an incorrect arrangement of the warp' [f ā];bliznó `flaw in fabric, absence of one or two threads' [n o];bljuzná `flaw in fabric' [f ā]Old Russian:Belorussian:bljuzná `flaw in fabric' [f ā]Ukrainian:blýzna `wound, scar' [f ā];blyzná `defect in linen' [f ā]Czech:Polish:Old Polish:Kashubian:blïzna `cicatrice' [f ā]Upper Sorbian:Lower Sorbian:Serbo-Croatian:blȉzna `two threads put into a reed (instead of one);ruptured thread in weft or warp' [f ā], blȋznī [Nom p];blȋzna `scar' [f ā];blȉzno `gap' [n o]Bulgarian:blizná `place in fabric where a thread is torn or missing' [f ā]Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: bliʔź-n-Lithuanian:blyžė̃ `rip in fabric' [f ē] 4Latvian:blîznis2 `pile of broken trees in a forest' [f ē]Indo-European reconstruction: A formation with an n-suffix derived from *bʰliǵ- `beat', cf. Lat. flīgere `hit'.IE meaning: scarPage in Pokorny: 160Comments: The forms that seemingly reflect *bl'uzna must be secondary. -
7 koterъ
koterъ; kotorъ Grammatical information: prn. Proto-Slavic meaning: `who, which'Page in Trubačev: XI 201-203Old Church Slavic:Russian:kotóryj `which, (rel.) who, which' [prn]Slovak:koterý `which' [prn];kotorý `which' [prn];kotrý `which' [prn]Upper Sorbian:Lower Sorbian:kótary `which' [prn]Serbo-Croatian:Slovene:kotę́ri `which' [prn];katę́ri `which' [prn]Bulgarian:kótryj (Gerov) `which' [prn];kotrí (dial.) `which' [prn]Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: kot(e)rosLithuanian:katràs `which (of the two)' [prn]Indo-European reconstruction: kʷo-ter-o-Other cognates:Skt. katará- `which (of the two)'; -
8 kotorъ
koterъ; kotorъ Grammatical information: prn. Proto-Slavic meaning: `who, which'Page in Trubačev: XI 201-203Old Church Slavic:Russian:kotóryj `which, (rel.) who, which' [prn]Slovak:koterý `which' [prn];kotorý `which' [prn];kotrý `which' [prn]Upper Sorbian:Lower Sorbian:kótary `which' [prn]Serbo-Croatian:Slovene:kotę́ri `which' [prn];katę́ri `which' [prn]Bulgarian:kótryj (Gerov) `which' [prn];kotrí (dial.) `which' [prn]Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: kot(e)rosLithuanian:katràs `which (of the two)' [prn]Indo-European reconstruction: kʷo-ter-o-Other cognates:Skt. katará- `which (of the two)'; -
9 àma
àma Grammatical information: f. ā Accent paradigm: a Proto-Slavic meaning: `pit, hole'Page in Trubačev: I 70-71Old Church Slavic:Russian:jáma `pit, hole' [f ā]Old Russian:Ukrainian:jáma `pit, hole, grave' [f ā]Czech:jáma `pit, hole' [f ā]Slovak:Polish:Slovincian:ją̃mă `pit, hole, cave' [f ā]Serbo-Croatian:jȁma `pit, hole' [f ā];Čak. jȁma (Vrgada, Novi) `pit, hole' [f ā];Čak. jȁma (Orbanići) `pit, hole, two vines planted together in a hole' [f ā]Slovene:jáma `pit, hole, cave' [f ā]Bulgarian:jáma `pit, hole' [f ā] -
10 avě
avě Grammatical information: adv. Proto-Slavic meaning: `manifestly'Page in Trubačev: I 93-94Old Church Slavic:javě `manifestly, openly, clearly' [adv];avě `manifestly, openly, clearly' [adv]Serbo-Croatian:Bulgarian:áve `in reality' [adv];jáve `in reality' [adv]Macedonian:Lithuanian:Indo-European reconstruction: h₂ēu-ēisIE meaning: apparentlyCertainty: +Page in Pokorny: 78Comments: OLith. ovyje `in reality' is sometimes regarded as a borrowing from Slavic but there are no compelling arguments for this view. The absence of initial j- rather points in the direction of an etymological relationship, cf. jovnai `openly', which is a borrowing from Belorussian. In that case we would have to start from a PBSl. i-stem *āv-i- (cf. Anikin 1998: 21, see also s.v. javiti). On the other hand, it seems possible that the form ovyje, whose oldest attestations are two occurrences in Daukša, is based on Church Slavic (j)avě. The Slavic adverb in turn may have been borrowed from Iranian (Lubotsky p.c.).Other cognates:Skt. āvíṣ `apparently, noticeably' [adv]; -
11 bolzìna
bolzìna Grammatical information: f. āPage in Trubačev: II 183-184Serbo-Croatian:blàzina `pillow, bolster' [f ā]Slovene:blazína `roof-beam, cross-beam, pillow, mattress, bolster' [f ā]Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: bolźeiʔnaʔ; bolźeiʔnosLithuanian:balžíenas `cross-beam (harrow,waggon, sledge)' [m o] 1/3;balžíena `cross-beam (harrow,waggon, sledge)' [f ā] 1/3Latvian:bàlziêns `cross-beam (sledge, plough)' [m o]Old Prussian:balsinis `cushion';pobalso `bolster'Indo-European reconstruction: bʰolǵʰ-Comments: It seems plausible that we are dealing with two, formally indistinguishable roots (cf. IEW: 122-123, 125-126). The meaning `pillow, bolster' belongs to the same root that underlies Lith. bal̃nas, OHG balg etc. Stang (1972, 14) attempts to separate `beam' from `pillow, bellows' on formal grounds (*ǵ vs. ǵʰ, respectively), but this does not seem to work, as the Balto-Slavic forms that would *ǵ do not show the effects of Winter's law. It is more likely that the Germanic forms with *k contain * k(k) < *ǵʰ-n- (Kluge's law).Other cognates: -
12 čerslò
čerslò Grammatical information: n. o Accent paradigm: bPage in Trubačev: IV 74-75Old Church Slavic:črěsla `loins' [Nompn o]Russian:čeresló (dial.) `ploughshare' [n o];čéresla (dial.) `waist, groins' [Nompn o]Ukrainian:čeresló `ploughshare' [n o]Czech:(s)tříslo `cortex, bark (used in tanning), planks, groin' [n o]Slovak:Polish:trzósɫa (dial.) `loins, groin' [Nompn o]Upper Sorbian:črjósɫo `ploughshare' [n o]Serbo-Croatian:črijèslo `cortex, bark (used in tanning)' [n o]Slovene:črẹ́slọ `cortex, bark (used in tanning)' [n o]Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: kerslóLithuanian:ker̃slas `chisel, cutter' [m o]Old Prussian:kersle `axe with two blades'Page in Pokorny: 941 -
13 kolě̀no
kolě̀no Grammatical information: n. o Accent paradigm: a Proto-Slavic meaning: `knee'Page in Trubačev: X 132-134Old Church Slavic:kolěno `knee' [n o]Russian:koléno `knee' [n o]Czech:Slovak:Polish:Serbo-Croatian:kòljeno `knee, joint' [n o];Čak. kolȉno (Vrgada) `knee, joint' [n o];Čak. kolȅno (Novi, Orbanići) `knee' [n o]Slovene:kolẹ́nọ `knee, generation, origin' [n o]Bulgarian:koljáno `knee, generation, origin' [n o]Lithuanian:kẽlis `knee' [m io]Latvian:Comments: As to the etymology of the root, there are two candidates, viz. *kelH- `rise, raise, lift' and *kʷel(H)- `turn, rotate'. I prefer the former option for semantic reasons. The connection with Gk. κω̃λον `limb', which cannot reflect an initial labiovelar, is hardly secure enough to serve as a formal argument. -
14 lę̀ga
lę̀ga Grammatical information: f. ā Accent paradigm: a Proto-Slavic meaning: `depression'Page in Trubačev: XV 52-53Russian:ljága (N. dial.) `swampy place, swamp, depression, cavity (usually filled with water), puddle' [f ā]Old Russian:Slovincian:lëga `low place, depression' [f ā]Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: lenʔg(i)aʔLithuanian:léngė (arch.) `depression, small meadow between two hills' [f ē];lénkė `vale, depression, moist and boggy place, meadow, marsh' [f ē];lìnka `depression' [f ā] -
15 lě̑xà
lě̑xà Grammatical information: f. ā Accent paradigm: b Proto-Slavic meaning: `strip of land, bed'Page in Trubačev: XIV 184-187Old Church Slavic:lěxa (Zogr., Mar.) `row' [f ā]Russian:lexá (dial.) `strip of land, furrow, bed' [f ā];léxa (dial.) `strip of land, furrow, bed' [f ā]Ukrainian:ljaxá `bed (garden)' [f ā]Czech:lícha `narrow strip of land' [f ā]Old Czech:lécha `strip of land' [f ā]Polish:Old Polish:Serbo-Croatian:lijèha `small patch of farmed land, ridge between furrows, flower bed' [f ā];Čak. liehȁ `flower bed, vegetable plot, row of plants (in a garden)' [f ā], liȇho [Accs]Slovene:lẹ́ha `furrow, strip of land, gap in a field' [f ā]Bulgarian:lehá `flower bed' [f ā]Lithuanian:lýsė `bed (garden)' [f ē] 1Old Prussian:Indo-European reconstruction: lois-eh₂Page in Pokorny: 671Other cognates: -
16 lьgъkъ
lьgъkъ Grammatical information: adj. o Proto-Slavic meaning: `light, easy'Page in Trubačev: XVII 64Old Church Slavic:Russian:lëgkij `light, easy' [adj o]Czech:lehký `light, easy' [adj o]Slovak:l'ahký `light, easy' [adj o]Polish:Serbo-Croatian:lȁk `light, easy' [adj o];lȁhak `light, easy' (arch.) [adj o];lȁgak (arch., dial.) `light, easy' [adj o];Čak. lȁk (Vrgada: obs.) `light, easy' [adj o], lakȁ [Nomsf], lȁko [Nomsn];Čak. lȁgak (Orbanići) `light, easy' [adj o], lȁhka [Nomsf]Slovene:lahȃk `light, easy' [adj o], lahkà [Nomsf];láhǝk `light, easy' [adj o], láhka [Nomsf];lagȃk `light, easy' [adj o], lahkà [Nomsf];lágǝk `light, easy' [adj o], láhka [Nomsf]Bulgarian:Lithuanian:leñgvas `light' [adj o] 4Latvian:Other cognates:Skt. raghú- (RV+) `fast' [adj];Skt. laghú- (RV+) `light, small, easy' [adj];Notes:\{1\} Vocalization of the first jer is quite common in this word. Euch. also has two instances of lek-. -
17 mara
mara Grammatical information: f. ā Proto-Slavic meaning: `ghost, apparition'Page in Trubačev: XVII 204-207 \{1\}Church Slavic:Russian:mára, mará `apparition, mirage;(dial.) house-sprite, evil spirit' [f ā]Belorussian:mará, mára `dream, apparition, nightmare;(dial.) `witch, demon' [f ā]Ukrainian:mará `apparition, ghost, witch' [f ā]Slovak:Polish:mara `dream, illusion, ghost, (dial.) nightly spirit that attacks people and horses in their sleep' [f ā]Slovincian:Upper Sorbian:Bulgarian:Mára `name of a fairy-tale monster' [f ā]Indo-European reconstruction: meh₂-reh₂Certainty: +Page in Pokorny: 693Comments: There are basically two views on the origin of *mara. According to a hypothesis put forward by Franck (1904: 129) and advocated by a.o. Schuster-Šewc (885ff), *mara continues PIE *mōrā and differs from *mora only in having lengthened grade. The alternative etymology, which can at least be traced to Zubatý 1894, connects *mara with the root ma- < *meh₂- of majati, mamъ etc. Though it seems at a first glance unsatisfactory to separate *mara from *mora - in Polish, for instance, mara and mora are synonymous -, it is awkward that in most Slavic languages both apophonic variants would occur side by side. Perhaps we have to start from *mara `illusion, apparition' beside *mora `female demon that tortures people with nightmares', which later became confused. This scenario may also offer an explanation for the fact that the accentual paradigm of both words is so hard to determine. We would expect *màra (a) - in view of Hirt's law - beside *morà (b) or (c). Nevertheless we find forms like Ru. móra and mará (beside mára). I think that in this respect, too, we have to reckon with analogy. -
18 načęti
načęti Grammatical information: v. Proto-Slavic meaning: `begin'Page in Trubačev: XXI 226-227Old Church Slavic:načęti `begin' [verb], načьnǫ [1sg]Russian:načát' `begin' [verb], načnú [1sg], načnët [3sg]Czech:načíti `begin, begin to cut' [verb]Slovak:Polish:nacząć (dial.) `begin' [verb]Serbo-Croatian:nàčēti `begin' [verb], nȁčnēm [1sg];Čak. načẽti (Vrgada) `begin' [verb], nȁčmeš [2sg]Slovene:načę́ti `begin' [verb], načnèm [1sg]Indo-European reconstruction: nō+k(e)n-Page in Pokorny: 563Comments: Apart from two suspicious instances of OCz. čieti, the simple verb is attested nowhere in Slavic. -
19 olьxa
olьxa; elьxa Grammatical information: f. ā Proto-Slavic meaning: `alder'Page in Trubačev: VI 23-25; XXXII 81-82Russian:ol'xá `alder' [f ā];ëlxa (dial.), elxá (dial.) `alder, spruce' [f ā] \{1\}Slovak:Polish:Serbo-Croatian:Bulgarian:elxá `alder, spruce' [f ā]Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: a/elisaH;; a/el(i)snio-Lithuanian:al̃ksnis, el̃ksnis `alder' [m io] 2;alìksnis (E. dial.) `alder' [m io] 2;álksna, élksna (dial.) `alder thicket, place where alders grow, marsh, dale' [f ā] 1Latvian:àlksnis, èlksnis (dial.) `alder' [m io];àlksna, ęlksna (E. dial.) `alder thicket, swampy place' \{2\}Indo-European reconstruction: h₂eliseh₂IE meaning: alderCertainty: -Page in Pokorny: 302-303Comments: As Schrijver observes (1991: 40), this etymon presents two problems. The first problem is the anlaut. The Slavic forms with je- cannot be explained away by assuming analogy after the word for `spruce': je- also occurs in West Slavic, where `spruce' is jedl-, not jel- (pace Kortlandt apud Schrijver: o.c. 41). The a-: e- variation in Germanic suggests that the variation in Baltic and Slavic does not result from "Rozwadowski's change" alone (cf. Andersen 1996: 130). The second problem is the alternation between i and zero in the second syllable. It is true that the *i and *u (cf. the Latvian toponym Aluksne?) of the Germanic forms may continue the regular ablaut of an s-stem (Schrijver: l.c.), but the fact that we find *i of in Slavic and East Lithuanian as well indicates that it should be taken at face value. The above-mentioned peculiarities of the etymon strongly suggest that we are dealing with a word of non-Indo-European origin. The fact that there are North Slavic forms with s alongside the expected x must be connected with the Baltic presence in the area (cf. Anikin 2005: 85-86).Other cognates:OIc. ǫlr `alder', jǫlstr `alder' [f] \{3\}Notes:\{1\} In Russian dialects there are apparently also forms with a vocalized medial jer, e.g. elóxa (Kostr.), alëx (Voron.), olëx (Rjaz.) `alder' (cf. Popowska-Taborska 1984: 39). \{2\} The form with e- is actually reflected as àlksna (Bersohn, E. Latvia) (M-E: s.v.). \{3\} From * aluz- and * elustrō (< * elastrō?), respectively. -
20 elьxa
olьxa; elьxa Grammatical information: f. ā Proto-Slavic meaning: `alder'Page in Trubačev: VI 23-25; XXXII 81-82Russian:ol'xá `alder' [f ā];ëlxa (dial.), elxá (dial.) `alder, spruce' [f ā] \{1\}Slovak:Polish:Serbo-Croatian:Bulgarian:elxá `alder, spruce' [f ā]Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: a/elisaH;; a/el(i)snio-Lithuanian:al̃ksnis, el̃ksnis `alder' [m io] 2;alìksnis (E. dial.) `alder' [m io] 2;álksna, élksna (dial.) `alder thicket, place where alders grow, marsh, dale' [f ā] 1Latvian:àlksnis, èlksnis (dial.) `alder' [m io];àlksna, ęlksna (E. dial.) `alder thicket, swampy place' \{2\}Indo-European reconstruction: h₂eliseh₂IE meaning: alderCertainty: -Page in Pokorny: 302-303Comments: As Schrijver observes (1991: 40), this etymon presents two problems. The first problem is the anlaut. The Slavic forms with je- cannot be explained away by assuming analogy after the word for `spruce': je- also occurs in West Slavic, where `spruce' is jedl-, not jel- (pace Kortlandt apud Schrijver: o.c. 41). The a-: e- variation in Germanic suggests that the variation in Baltic and Slavic does not result from "Rozwadowski's change" alone (cf. Andersen 1996: 130). The second problem is the alternation between i and zero in the second syllable. It is true that the *i and *u (cf. the Latvian toponym Aluksne?) of the Germanic forms may continue the regular ablaut of an s-stem (Schrijver: l.c.), but the fact that we find *i of in Slavic and East Lithuanian as well indicates that it should be taken at face value. The above-mentioned peculiarities of the etymon strongly suggest that we are dealing with a word of non-Indo-European origin. The fact that there are North Slavic forms with s alongside the expected x must be connected with the Baltic presence in the area (cf. Anikin 2005: 85-86).Other cognates:OIc. ǫlr `alder', jǫlstr `alder' [f] \{3\}Notes:\{1\} In Russian dialects there are apparently also forms with a vocalized medial jer, e.g. elóxa (Kostr.), alëx (Voron.), olëx (Rjaz.) `alder' (cf. Popowska-Taborska 1984: 39). \{2\} The form with e- is actually reflected as àlksna (Bersohn, E. Latvia) (M-E: s.v.). \{3\} From * aluz- and * elustrō (< * elastrō?), respectively.
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