Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dolъ

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

Cognate with Proto-Germanic *dalą ~ *dalaz n or m (valley), Welsh dôl f (valley), suggesting Proto-Indo-European *dʰól(h₂)os (valley; vault, cavity).[1][2][3] Relation with Ancient Greek θόλος (thólos, round building) or borrowing from Germanic is usually rejected.

The adverb was derived from the accusative of the noun.

Noun

*dȍlъ m[4][5][6][7]

  1. hole, cavity
  2. ditch, moat
  3. tomb, grave
  4. valley
  5. (South Slavic) riverbed
  6. (North Slavic) bottom (low part of something)

Declension

Milleit (see Derksen's comment in EDSIL) assumes that the u-stem declension, attested in OCS, Lechitic, Czech, Ukrainian, is due to association with the antonym *vьrxъ (top) (u-stem).

Declension of *dȍlъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *dȍlъ *dȍla *dȍli
genitive *dȍla *dolù *dòlъ
dative *dȍlu *dolomà *dolòmъ
accusative *dȍlъ *dȍla *dȍly
instrumental *dȍlъmь, *dȍlomь* *dolomà *dolý
locative *dȍlě *dolù *dolě̃xъ
vocative *dole *dȍla *dȍli

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

Declension of *dȍlъ (u-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *dȍlъ *dȍly *dȍlove
genitive *dȍlu *dolovù *dolòvъ
dative *dȍlovi *dolъmà *dȍlъmъ
accusative *dȍlъ *dȍly *dȍly
instrumental *dȍlъmь *dolъmà *dolъmì
locative *dolú *dolovù *dȍlъxъ
vocative *dolu *dȍly *dȍlove

Derived terms

nouns
  • *dolica f
  • *dolina f
  • *dolisko n
  • *dolišče n
  • *dolьcь m
  • *dolьnica f
  • *dolьňakъ m
  • *dolьňaninъ m
  • *dolъkъ m
  • *doľakъ m
  • *doľaninъ m
adjectives
adverbs
  • *dolě
  • *dolomь
  • *dolovь
  • *dolu

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: долъ (dolŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: dól
    • Old Polish: dół
      • Polish: dół
      • Silesian: dōł
    • Old Slovak: dol
      • Pannonian Rusyn: дол (dol) (obsolete)
      • Slovak: dol (archaic)
    • Polabian: döl
    • Pomeranian:
    • Sorbian:
  • Non-Slavic:
    • Romanian: dolie

Adverb

*dolъ[7]

  1. downwards

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Macedonian: дол (dol) (dialectal)
    • Slovene: dól (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: důl (dialectal)
    • Slovak: dol (rare, poetic)
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: doł (dated)

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1. dhel-, dholo-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 245-246
  2. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*dhólhₐos”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 618
  3. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “dół”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 1, →ISBN, page 294
  4. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dȏlъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 112:m. o (c) ‘dale, valley’
  5. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “dolъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (NA 126; PR 137); d (OSA 42)
  6. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dolъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 64
  7. 7.0 7.1 Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1981), “dolъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 4 (dob'estь – družьstvo), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 72

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дол”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дол”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 409
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “dol”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *dolъ̏
  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “dół”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 122
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “діл”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  • Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “дол”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
  • Králik, Ľubor (2016) “dol”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 129
  • Jiří Rejzek (2007) “důl”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda, page 150
  • Václav Machek (1968) “důl”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 139