Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/solvьjь

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 *solvъ (“cream-colored”) +‎ *-ьjь, from Proto-Indo-European *solHwos.

Noun

*solvьjь m

nightingale

Declension

Declension of *solvьjь (soft o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*solvьjь	*solvьja	*solvьji
genitive	*solvьja	*solvьju	*solvьjь
dative	*solvьju	*solvьjema	*solvьjemъ
accusative	*solvьjь	*solvьja	*solvьję̇
instrumental	solvьjьmь, solvьjemь^*	*solvьjema	*solvьji
locative	*solvьji	*solvьju	*solvьjixъ
vocative	*solvьju	*solvьja	*solvьji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic: соловии (solovii)
- Belarusian: салаве́й (salavjéj)
- Russian: солове́й (solovéj)
- Ukrainian: солове́й (solovéj)
South Slavic:
- Church Slavonic (Russian recension): славии (slavii)
- Bulgarian: сла́вей (slávej)
- Macedonian: славеј (slavej)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: сла̀вӯј
  
  Latin: slàvūj
- Slovene: slávəc (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: slavík
- Polabian: sålüv
- Polish: słowik
- Old Slovak:
  - Pannonian Rusyn: славик (slavik)
  - Slovak: slávik
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: syłoj, syłojik, syłojk
  - Upper Sorbian: syłobik, sołobik

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*solvьjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 460
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “солове́й”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress