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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slьza

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

Alternative forms
  • *slьdza

Etymology

Considered a deverbative of *slьzati (“to slip, to slide”), ultimately a form of the root Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (“to slide, to lick”). As such, the semantic development has been "something that slips, slides" > "tear, (tear)drop". Related to *slizь (“slime, mucus”), compare Middle Low German slik (“slime”), German schlickern (“to slip”), Middle High German slich (“clay, silt”). Also compare Lithuanian šlusti (“to clean, to sweep”), šlakėti (“to drip”), Latvian slota (“broom”); Sanskrit सृजति (sṛjati, “discharge, emit”), Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬯𐬐𐬀‎ (sraska, “tear”), Persian سرشک‎ (serešk, “teardrop”).

Noun

*slьzà f[1][2]

  1. tear (drop)

Declension

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Descendants

Further reading
  • Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 567
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “слеза́”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2008), “сляза́”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 12 (свабо́да – стэ́сам), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “сльоза́”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 311
  • Todorov, T. A.; Racheva, M., editors (2010), “сълза̀”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 663

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “slьza slьzy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c tåre (PR 138)”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), “sọ́lza”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*slьza̋”
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