Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/želǫdъkъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
According to Deborah Hayden and David Stifter, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰelH-end- from *gʰelH- (“digestive organ, stomach”), related to Ancient Greek χολάδες (kholádes, “intestines”), Ancient Macedonian γόλα (góla, “intestines”), Old Irish eclas (“stomach, gizzard”), Breton elaz (“gizzard”).[1]
Noun
*želǫdъkъ m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *želǫdъkъ | *želǫdъka | *želǫdъci |
| genitive | *želǫdъka | *želǫdъku | *želǫdъkъ |
| dative | *želǫdъku | *želǫdъkoma | *želǫdъkomъ |
| accusative | *želǫdъkъ | *želǫdъka | *želǫdъky |
| instrumental | *želǫdъkъmь, *želǫdъkomь* | *želǫdъkoma | *želǫdъky |
| locative | *želǫdъcě | *želǫdъku | *želǫdъcěxъ |
| vocative | *želǫdъče | *želǫdъka | *želǫdъci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: желѫдъкъ (želǫdŭkŭ)
- Glagolitic script: ⰶⰵⰾⱘⰴⱏⰽⱏ (želǫdŭkŭ)
- Bulgarian: желъ́дък (želǎ́dǎk) (rare)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- From *želǫdьcь
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: želọ̑dəc (tonal orthography)
- From *želǫdьnikъ
- Macedonian: желудник (želudnik)
Further reading
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*želǫdъkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 556
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “желу́док”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress