Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/selo
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Probably akin to Lithuanian selė́ti (“to scroll, to skid”), salà (“isle; countryside”), Latgalian sola (“rural area”) within Balto-Slavic; Proto-Germanic *salą (“house, dwelling; main hall”), Latin solum (“base, foundation; sole of the foot”) in other Indo-European dialects. Further origin is left unspecified within the literature. Some of the proposed related terms have been tentatively linked to Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to drive, to meander”) (per Smoczyński, Būga).
Compare also Hittite [script needed] (šēli-, “granary”), Armenian շեղջ (šeġǰ, “rick, stack”) (speculated to be an Anatolian borrowing).
Noun
- arable land, rural area, acre (agricultural administrative unit)
- Synonyms: (East Slavic) *dьrvьňa, (South Slavic) *zemľišče
- village (in East, South Slavic merged with *sēdlò (“settlement”)[3])
- Synonym: *vьsь
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *selò | *sèlě | *selà |
| genitive | *selà | *selù | *sèlъ |
| dative | *selù | *selòma | *selòmъ |
| accusative | *selò | *sèlě | *selà |
| instrumental | *selъ̀mь, *selòmь* | *selòma | *sèly |
| locative | *selě̀ | *selù | *sèlěxъ |
| vocative | *selò | *sèlě | *selà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Coordinate terms
- *sedlo (“settlement”) (homophonous with the current term in East, South Slavic), *sědlo (“residence, seat”)
- *město (“suitable place, location”)
- *gordъ (“fortified settlement”)
Derived terms
- *seliti, *vъseliti (“to cultivate”)
- ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: въсел҄енаꙗ (vŭselʹjenaja, “ecumene”) (calque of Ancient Greek οἰκουμένη (oikouménē, “cultivated land, ecumene”))
- *selьskъ (“rural”)
- *selьcь, *seľaninъ (“rural person, villager”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Любовь Куркина (2006) “Славянские термины земледелия в контексте индоевропейских связей”, in Studia etymologica Brunesia, volume 3, pages 152-162
- А. К. Шапошников (2016) “Материалы к этимологическому словарю славянских древностей Греции II”, in Труды Института русского языка им. В. В. Виноградова, number 8, Moscow, →ISSN, page 176
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “село”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “село”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 152
- Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “село”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 602
- “sala”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*selò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 444: “n. o (b)”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “selo, G. sela”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 69, 151; PR 135; MP 25)”
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Snoj, Marko (2016) “selo”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “v slovan. jezikih pomešalo domnevno pslovan. *selȍ ‛polje’”