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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/olbǫdь

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-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (“white”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *albits (“swan”) and *albiz (> elf).

Noun

*ȏlbǭdь m[1][2]

  1. swan

Declension

Derksen 2008 reconstructs this word as a jo-stem, but this must be secondary given the lack of iotation of final *d. Per Derksen, this word is either accent class c or a. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Alternative forms
  • *olbǭtь
  • *elbedь
  • *elbǭtь

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Non-Slavic languages:

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*olbędь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 50
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лебедь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*olbǭdь; *olbǭtь; *elbedь; *elbǭtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 365: “m. jo (c (a)) ‘swan’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “olbǫdь (lebedь, lebędь)”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c svane (PR 138)”
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