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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gǫsli

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 *gǫsti +‎ *-slь. Compare Lithuanian kañklės pl (“kanklės?”) and also Finnish kannel, kantele, Karelian kandelen, Veps kandel, Livonian kandla.

Noun

*gǫ̀sli f pl[1]

  1. gusle, gusli (a type of violin-like stringed musical instrument)

Inflection

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Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: гусли (gusli)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “гусли”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “гусли”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 228
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gǫslь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 84
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “гусли”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “gǫsli”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 177; PR 133)”
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