Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/želǫdъkъ

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

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

  1. stomach

Declension

Declension of *želǫdъkъ (hard o-stem)
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:
    • Belarusian: жалу́дак (žalúdak) (dialectal)
    • Russian: желу́док (želúdok)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: жалу́док (žalúdok)
    • Ukrainian: желу́док (želúdok) (dialectal), жолу́док (žolúdok) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: желѫдъкъ (želǫdŭkŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰶⰵⰾⱘⰴⱏⰽⱏ (želǫdŭkŭ)
    • Bulgarian: желъ́дък (želǎ́dǎk) (rare)
  • West Slavic:
From *želǫdьcь
From *želǫdьnikъ

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

References

  1. ^ David Stifter (14 September 2022) “Etymology of Old Irish eclas "gizzard" (St Cormac's Day 2022)”, in David Stifter’s Youtube Channel[1]