Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sila

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-Balto-Slavic *séiˀlāˀ.

Noun

*sìla f[1][2][3]

strength, force

Declension

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Derived terms

*silьnъ (“strong”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сила (sila)
  - Belarusian: сі́ла (síla)
  - Russian: си́ла (síla)
  - Ukrainian: си́ла (sýla)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: сила (sila)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱄⰻⰾⰰ (sila)
- Bulgarian: си́ла (síla)
- Macedonian: сила (sila)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: си̏ла
  
  Latin script: sȉla
  - Chakavian (Vrgada): sȉla
  - Chakavian (Orbanići): sȉla
  - Kajkavian (Bednja): sȉlo
- Slovene: síla (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: sëła
- Old Czech: síla, síła
  - Czech: síla
- Old Polish: siła
  - Masurian: sziła
  - Polish: siła, sieła
  - Silesian: siyła, śyła
- Slovak: sila
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: syła
  - Lower Sorbian: syła

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sìla”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 451: “f. ā (a) ‘strength, force’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “sila sily”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 22, 72; PR 132; MP 15f.; RPT 107, 111)”
Snoj, Marko (2016), “síla”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *si̋la”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sìla”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 451: “f. ā (a) ‘strength, force’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “sila sily”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 22, 72; PR 132; MP 15f.; RPT 107, 111)”

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