Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gogolъ
Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gagalas. Cognates include Lithuanian gagalas, Old Prussian gegalis, probably Old Norse gagl, Hittite [script needed] (kallikalli-). By surface analysis, *gogotati + *-olъ.
Noun
*gogolъ m (feminine *gogolica)[1][2]
- some species of wild duck
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *gogolъ | *gogola | *gogoli |
| genitive | *gogola | *gogolu | *gogolъ |
| dative | *gogolu | *gogoloma | *gogolomъ |
| accusative | *gogolъ | *gogola | *gogoly |
| instrumental | *gogolъmь, *gogolomь* | *gogoloma | *gogoly |
| locative | *gogolě | *gogolu | *gogolěxъ |
| vocative | *gogole | *gogola | *gogoli |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
nouns
- *gogolica f
- *gogoľь m
Related terms
nouns
- *gogotъ m
verbs
- *gogotati impf
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Latin script: gògol (“Podiceps cristatus”), gogol (“Bucephala clangula”) (dialectal)
- Cyrillic script: го̀гол (“Podiceps cristatus”), гогол (“Bucephala clangula”) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: Hohol (personal name)
- Old Polish: Gogoł (personal name)
- Polish: gogoł (“Clangula glaucion; Mergellus albellus”)
- ⇒ Polish: gągoł
- → Czech: hohol (“Bucephala”)
- → Slovak: hohoľ (“Bucephala clangula”)
- ⇒ Polish: Gogołów, Gogolin (toponyms)
- Sorbian
- ⇒ Lower Sorbian: Gogolow (toponym)
- Non-Slavic:
- → Albanian: gogol, Gogolani (from unattested Bulgarian or Macedonian)
References
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (2001), “gogolъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 8 (goda – gyža), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 23
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gogolъ / *gogolь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 193