Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/volъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *wálas, with no clear cognates outside Slavic. Often connected with *vel- (“big”) (as in *velь) and explained as meaning "a big creature".^[1]

Noun

*vòlъ m

ox

Declension

Declension of *vòlъ (u-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vòlъ	*volỳ	*volòve
genitive	*volù	*volòvu	*volòvъ
dative	*volòvi	*vòlъma	*volъ̀mъ
accusative	*vòlъ	*volỳ	*volỳ
instrumental	*volъ̀mь	*vòlъma	*vòlъmī
locative	*vòlu	*volòvu	*volъ̀xъ
vocative	*volu	*volỳ	*volòve

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: волъ (volŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: волъ (vol), вѡлъ (vôl), вулъ (vul) — Middle Ukrainian
    - Belarusian: вол (vol); вюл (vjul) (dialectal)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: вул (vul)
    - Ukrainian: віл (vil)
  - Russian: вол (vol)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: волъ (volŭ)
- Bulgarian: вол (vol)
- Macedonian: вол (vol)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: вол, во
  
  Latin: vol, vo
- Slovene: vȍł (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: vól
  - Czech: vůl
- Polabian: vål
- Old Polish: wół
  - Polish: wół
- Pomeranian:
  - Slovincian: wól
- Slovak: vôl
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: woł
  - Upper Sorbian: woł

References

^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “vol”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si

[1] Snoj, Marko (2016) “vol”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si

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