Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫgъlъ

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-Balto-Slavic *ángulas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngulos, equivalent to *h₂eng- +‎ *-ъlъ. From the same Indo-European root also *ǫkotь and *paǫkъ (spider).

Cognate with Latin angulus, Sanskrit अङ्गुरि (aṅgúri, finger, toe), Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, crooked, curved), and Proto-Germanic *ankulaz (ankle, hip).

Noun

*ǫ̑gъlъ m[1]

  1. corner, angle

Declension

Declension of *ǫ̑gъlъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *ǫ̑gъlъ *ǫ̑gъla *ǫ̑gъli
genitive *ǫ̑gъla *ǫgъlù *ǫgъ̀lъ
dative *ǫ̑gъlu *ǫgъlomà *ǫgъlòmъ
accusative *ǫ̑gъlъ *ǫ̑gъla *ǫ̑gъly
instrumental *ǫ̑gъlъmь, *ǫ̑gъlomь* *ǫgъlomà *ǫgъlý
locative *ǫ̑gъlě *ǫgъlù *ǫgъlě̃xъ
vocative *ǫgъle *ǫ̑gъla *ǫ̑gъli

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic: оугълъ (ugŭlŭ), оуглъ (uglŭ)
    • Belarusian: ву́гал (vúhal)
    • Russian: у́гол (úgol)
    • Ukrainian: ву́гол (vúhol)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ǫ̑gъlъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 385
  • Gluhak, Alemko (1993) “Proto-Slavic/ǫgъlъ”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik [Croatian Etymology Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN, page 650