Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/olovo
Proto-Slavic
Etymology 1
Cognate with Lithuanian álvas, Latvian alva and Old Prussian alwis. The Balto-Slavic terms were traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂elw- (“white, reddish”) (whence perhaps *h₂elut- (“beer”), the origin of the sense in Etymology 2), though this is dubious due to assuming the original meaning of the Balto-Slavic as the lighter metal "tin" rather than the darker metal "lead". Based on the semantic category of the term, it is more likely to be borrowed from some unknown substrate.[1] Note also vague similarities in consonants to Latin plumbum (“lead”) and Ancient Greek μόλυβδος (mólubdos, “lead”), both borrowed from some other language.
Noun
*ȍlovo n[1]
- either of the metals lead (black lead) or tin (white lead)
- Synonym: *svinьcь
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ȍlovo | *ȍlově | *olovà |
| genitive | *ȍlova | *olovù | *olòvъ |
| dative | *ȍlovu | *olovomà | *olovòmъ |
| accusative | *ȍlovo | *ȍlově | *olovà |
| instrumental | *ȍlovъmь, *ȍlovomь* | *olovomà | *olový |
| locative | *ȍlově | *olovù | *olově̃xъ |
| vocative | *ȍlovo | *ȍlově | *olovà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Alternative forms
- *olovь
Derived terms
- *olově(nь)nъ
- *olovina
- *olovьnъ
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: о́лово (ólovo), о́ловъ (ólovŭ)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*olovo/ь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 76
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “олово”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Etymology 2
See *olъ.
Noun
*olovo n
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Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *olovo | *olově | *olova |
| genitive | *olova | *olovu | *olovъ |
| dative | *olovu | *olovoma | *olovomъ |
| accusative | *olovo | *olově | *olova |
| instrumental | *olovъmь, *olovomь* | *olovoma | *olovy |
| locative | *olově | *olovu | *olověxъ |
| vocative | *olovo | *olově | *olova |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: dial. ола́ва (oláva)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ȍlovo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 369: “n. o (c) ‘lead’”