Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obolkъ

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 an earlier **obvolkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *abwalkas. Morphologically from *ȍb- + *vȏlkъ. It literally means "a thing that shambles (in the sky)". For the loss of -v- between ob- and a vowel compare *obьlъ which comes from an earlier **obvьlъ.

Noun

*ȍbolkъ m^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

cloud

Inflection

Declension of *ȍbolkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ȍbolkъ	*ȍbolka	*ȍbolci
genitive	*ȍbolka	*obolkù	*obõlkъ
dative	*ȍbolku	*obolkomà	*obolkòmъ
accusative	*ȍbolkъ	*ȍbolka	*ȍbolky
instrumental	ȍbolkъmь, ȍbolkomь^*	*obolkomà	*obolký
locative	*ȍbolcě	*obolkù	*obolcě̃xъ
vocative	*obolče	*ȍbolka	*ȍbolci

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: о́болоко (óboloko), о́болокъ (óbolokŭ)
  - Russian: о́болоко (óboloko) (dialectal)
  - Ukrainian: о́болок (óbolok) (dated)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: облакъ (oblakŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱁⰱⰾⰰⰽⱏ (oblakŭ)
  - → Belarusian: во́блака (vóblaka)
  - → Russian: о́блако (óblako), о́блак (óblak),
- Bulgarian: облак (oblak)
- Macedonian: облак (oblak)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: о̏бла̄к
  
  Latin script: ȍblāk
- Slovene: oblȃk (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: oblak
  - Czech: oblak
- Polish: obłok
- Silesian: ôbłok
- Old Slovak: oblak
  - Slovak: oblak
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: hobloka

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*obolkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 362: “m. o ʻcloudʼ”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “obolkъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c cloud (MP 20)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “oblȃk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *ȍb(v)olkъ”
^ Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2014) “Drevnerusskoje udarenije. Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ”, in Languages of Slavic Culture‎^[2] (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 436: “о́болоко — c... ― óboloko — c...”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*obolkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 362: “m. o ʻcloudʼ”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “obolkъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c cloud (MP 20)”

[3] Snoj, Marko (2016) “oblȃk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *ȍb(v)olkъ”

[4] Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2014) “Drevnerusskoje udarenije. Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ”, in Languages of Slavic Culture‎^[2] (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 436: “о́болоко — c... ― óboloko — c...”

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