Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъslo

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

Uncertain. Snoj tentatively suggests origin from Proto-Indo-European *gewh₂- (“to evoke”), probably from *gъsti +‎ *-slo (base verb possibly reflected in Upper Sorbian hesć (“to mutter”)).

Noun

*gъslȍ n^[1]

sign, word as code

Declension

Declension of *gъslo (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gъslo	*gъslě	*gъsla
genitive	*gъsla	*gъslu	*gъslъ
dative	*gъslu	*gъsloma	*gъslomъ
accusative	*gъslo	*gъslě	*gъsla
instrumental	gъslъmь, gъslomь^*	*gъsloma	*gъsly
locative	*gъslě	*gъslu	*gъslěxъ
vocative	*gъslo	*gъslě	*gъsla

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

Descendants

West Slavic:
- Old Czech: heslo
  - Czech: heslo
    - → Serbo-Croatian: gȅslo
    - → Slovene: géslo
  - → Polish: hasło
    - → Kashubian: hasło (non-standard)
    - → Belarusian: га́сло (háslo)
    - → Ukrainian: га́сло (háslo)
  - → Slovak: heslo
- Kashubian: gsło, gesło (both archaic)
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: hesło

References

^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “geslo”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “iz pslovan. *gъslȍ”

Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “Proto-Slavic/gъslo”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 193b
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gъslo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 215

[1] Snoj, Marko (2016) “geslo”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “iz pslovan. *gъslȍ”

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