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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bolgo

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

According to Pokorny, the word may have originally meant "light," from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”).[1] Probably cognate with Sanskrit बृहस्पति (bṛhaspati), Avestan bǝrǝg, Avestan bǝrǝǰayeiti.

Noun

*bȏlgo n[2][3]

  1. blessing, good, well-being

Inflection

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  • *bolgъ
  • *bolžiti
  • *bolgyni (“prosperity, welfare”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: болого (bologo)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “бо́лого”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “124-25”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 124-25
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bȏlgo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 51: “n. o (c)”
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001), “bolgo”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c gode (PR 138)”
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