Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/proxolda
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Synchronically, deverbal of *proxolditi (“to cool off”) + *-a.
Noun
*proxolda f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *proxolda | *proxoldě | *proxoldy |
| genitive | *proxoldy | *proxoldu | *proxoldъ |
| dative | *proxoldě | *proxoldama | *proxoldamъ |
| accusative | *proxoldǫ | *proxoldě | *proxoldy |
| instrumental | *proxoldojǫ, *proxoldǫ** | *proxoldama | *proxoldami |
| locative | *proxoldě | *proxoldu | *proxoldasъ, *proxoldaxъ* |
| vocative | *proxoldo | *proxoldě | *proxoldy |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms
- *o(b)xolda
- *perxolda
- *zaxolda
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: прахало́да (praxalóda); про́халадзь (próxaladzʹ) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: прохоло́да (proxolóda)
- South Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “прохлад”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress