Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)žerdlьje

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

From *o(b)- +‎ *žerdlo +‎ *-ьje.

Noun

*o(b)žerdlьje n^[1]

a thing worn around the neck, "around" the throat (collar, beads)

Declension

Declension of *o(b)žerdlьje (soft o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*o(b)žerdlьje	*o(b)žerdlьji	*o(b)žerdlьja
genitive	*o(b)žerdlьja	*o(b)žerdlьju	*o(b)žerdlьjь
dative	*o(b)žerdlьju	*o(b)žerdlьjema	*o(b)žerdlьjemъ
accusative	*o(b)žerdlьje	*o(b)žerdlьji	*o(b)žerdlьja
instrumental	o(b)žerdlьjьmь, o(b)žerdlьjemь^*	*o(b)žerdlьjema	*o(b)žerdlьji
locative	*o(b)žerdlьji	*o(b)žerdlьju	*o(b)žerdlьjixъ
vocative	*o(b)žerdlьje	*o(b)žerdlьji	*o(b)žerdlьja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ожерелье (ožerelĭje), ожерелие (ožerelije)
  - Old Ruthenian: ожере́лье (ožerélʹje), ожелье (oželʹje)
    - ⇒ Ukrainian: жорі́лка (žorílka) (dialectal) (< *ожорі́лка)
  - Russian: ожере́лье (ožerélʹje)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Church Slavonic: ожрѣлиѥ (ožrělije), ождрѣлиѥ (oždrělije)
- Serbo-Croatian: oždrijeļe (obsolete, rare)
- Slovene: ožrȇlje, ožlȇrje (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: ožiedlé
- Old Polish: ożegle, hożedle
  - Polish: ożydle, ożédle (Malbork), ôżydle (Chełmno), ozégła (Kielce)

References

^ Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*obžerdlьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 31 (*obvelčenьje – *obžьniviny), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 241

[1] Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*obžerdlьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 31 (*obvelčenьje – *obžьniviny), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 241

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