Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/devęsilъ

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

Univerbation of *dȅvę +‎ *sìlъ, literally “nine powers”, three times three powers, for its medicinal potency. Compare German Neunkraft, Neunkraut and continuation of such formations in Russian девяти́льник (devjatílʹnik), Slovene devẹ̑tək (tonal orthography).

Noun

*devęsilъ m

  1. a composite medicinal plant

Declension

Declension of *devęsilъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *devęsilъ *devęsila *devęsili
genitive *devęsila *devęsilu *devęsilъ
dative *devęsilu *devęsiloma *devęsilomъ
accusative *devęsilъ *devęsila *devęsily
instrumental *devęsilъmь, *devęsilomь* *devęsiloma *devęsily
locative *devęsilě *devęsilu *devęsilěxъ
vocative *devęsile *devęsila *devęsili

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: дзівасі́л (dzivasíl)
    • Russian: девяси́л (devjasíl), девяси́лъ (devjasíl) — Pre-reform orthography (1918), девятиси́л (devjatisíl), дивоси́л (divosíl)
    • Ukrainian: дев'яси́л (devʺjasýl), дивоси́л (dyvosýl), дев'ятиси́л (devʺjatysýl)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: девеси́л (devesíl), девиси́л (devisíl)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: девѐсиљ, невѐсиљ, девѐсиље, невѐсиље
      Latin script: devèsilj, nevèsilj, devèsilje, nevèsilje
    • Slovene: devesílje
  • West Slavic:

References

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “девесѝл”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 331
  • Theißen, Ulrich (2006) ““Ein bezauberndes Hustenkraut”: Zu den Bezeichnungen des Alants (Inula helenium L.) in den slawischen Sprachen, vor allem im Bulgarischen”, in Zeitschrift für Balkanologie‎[1] (in German), volume 42, pages 230–231
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*devęsilъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 221
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “девеси́л”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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