Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/posъlъ

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

Agent/action noun of Proto-Slavic *posъlati (“to appoint, to send”), formally from *po- +‎ *sъlъ.

Noun

*posъlъ m[1]

envoy, messenger (in West and East dialects)
task, assignment (in South dialects)

Declension

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Derived terms

*posъlьstvo (“visit, delegation”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: посълъ (posŭlŭ)
  - Belarusian: пасо́л (pasól)
  - Russian: посо́л (posól)
    - → Bulgarian: посо́л (posól)
  - Ukrainian: посо́л (posól)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: по̀сао
  
  Latin script: pòsao
- Slovene: pósəł (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: posel
  - Czech: posel
- Polish: poseł
- Slovak: posol
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: pósoł

References

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

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