Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьlъ

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

Alternative forms

*jьlo^[1]

Etymology

Possibly rebuilt from u-stem *jìlъ,^[2]^[3] from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ī́ˀlus, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)iHlús (“mud; dark”).^[4] Perhaps cognate with Latvian īls (“very dark”), Ancient Greek ἰλύς (ilús, “mud, slime”), εἰλύ (eilú, “very dark, black”).^[3]^[1]

Noun

*jьlъ m^[1]^[2]

silt
clay

Declension

Declension of *jьlъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*jьlъ	*jьla	*jьli
genitive	*jьla	*jьlu	*jьlъ
dative	*jьlu	*jьloma	*jьlomъ
accusative	*jьlъ	*jьla	*jьly
instrumental	jьlъmь, jьlomь^*	*jьloma	*jьly
locative	*jьlě	*jьlu	*jьlěxъ
vocative	*jьle	*jьla	*jьli

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: илъ (ilŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: илъ (il)
    - Belarusian: іл (il)
    - Ukrainian: ил (yl)
  - Russian: ил (il)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: илъ (ilŭ, “bog”)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰻⰾⱏ (ilŭ)
- Bulgarian: ил (il)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ѝловача
  
  Latin script: ìlovača
- Slovene: íl (“loam, clay”), jilo (“loam, clay”), ilo (“loam, clay”)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: jíl
  - Czech: jíl (“silt, clay”)
- Polish: ił (“clay, natural dampness of earth”), jеł (“clay, natural dampness of earth”) (dialectal)
- Slovak: íl (“silt, clay”), il (“silt, clay”) (archaic)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*jьlъ; *jьlo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 211: “m. o; n o ‘silt, clay’”
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎^[1], volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 536
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ил”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἰ̄λῡ́ς, -ύος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 589

[EDSIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*jьlъ; *jьlo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 211: “m. o; n o ‘silt, clay’”

[Verweij-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎^[1], volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 536

[Vasmer-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ил”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

[4] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἰ̄λῡ́ς, -ύος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 589

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