Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bělъ bogъ

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 *bělъ (“good, lucky”) +‎ *bogъ (“fate”).

Noun

*bě̃lъ bȍgъ m[1]

  1. good luck
    Antonym: *čь̀rnъ bȍgъ

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: Белые боги (Belyje bogi, toponym)
    • ⇒ Russian: Беловожский монастырь (Belovožskij monastyrʹ, toponym)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: бял бог (bjal bog, “luck, success”) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian: бели бог (beli bog), бел бог (bel bog, “fate”) (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: Bělbog (toponym)
    • ⇒ Czech: Bělbožice (toponym)
    • Silesian: Bioły Bóg (“good, friendly deity; good spirit”)
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian: Biôłi Bóg (“good God”)
      • Slovincian: Bjoly Bóg (“God”)

References

  1. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “bělъ bogъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 238
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