Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zolto

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źálˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰólh₃-tom (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). Cognate with Latvian zȩ̀lts, English gold. See also Persian زر (zar).

Noun

*zȏlto n[1][2]

  1. gold

Declension

Declension of *zȏlto (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *zȏlto *zȏltě *zoltà
genitive *zȏlta *zoltù *zõltъ
dative *zȏltu *zoltomà *zoltòmъ
accusative *zȏlto *zȏltě *zoltà
instrumental *zȏltъmь, *zȏltomь* *zoltomà *zoltý
locative *zȏltě *zoltù *zoltě̃xъ
vocative *zȏlto *zȏltě *zoltà

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

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зо́лото”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “золото”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 328

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zȍlto”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 547
  2. ^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎[1], University of Vienna, page 7: “*zȏlto”
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