Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čelo
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“lift”) + *-o. From the same Indo-European root as *xъlmъ (“hill”).
Noun
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *čelò | *čèlě | *čelà |
| genitive | *čelà | *čelù | *čèlъ |
| dative | *čelù | *čelòma | *čelòmъ |
| accusative | *čelò | *čèlě | *čelà |
| instrumental | *čelъ̀mь, *čelòmь* | *čelòma | *čèly |
| locative | *čelě̀ | *čelù | *čèlěxъ |
| vocative | *čelò | *čèlě | *čelà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čelo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 45
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чело”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*čelò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 80: “n. o (b) ‘forehead’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “čelo”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 152; PR 135; MP 25)”