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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zelьje

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

Collective noun from an earlier i-stem adjective *zelь +‎ *-ьje, continuing Proto-Balto-Slavic *źelˀias (“green”)[1], ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to sprout, to shine”). Baltic languages reflect almost the same lemma, however, with o-grade: Lithuanian žãlias (“green”), Latvian zaļš (“green”). Further cognate with Sanskrit हरि (hari, “golden, pale, yellow”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰárHiš.

Noun

*zèlьje n[2]

  1. vegetation, herbs (usually fresh)
  2. (by specialization) cabbage
    Synonym: *kapusta

Inflection
Declension of *zelьje (soft o-stem, uncountable)
singular
nominative *zelьje
genitive *zelьja
dative *zelьju
accusative *zelьje
instrumental *zelьjьmь, *zelьjemь*
locative *zelьji
vocative *zelьje
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *zelьka (diminutive)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: зе́лле (zjéllje)
    • Russian: зе́лье (zélʹje, “potion”)
    • Ukrainian: зі́лля (zíllja)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: зелиѥ (zelije)
    • Bulgarian: зе́ле (zéle, “cabbage”)
    • Macedonian: зелје (zelje)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: зе̑ље (“cabbage, spinach”)
      Latin script: zȇlje (“cabbage, spinach”)
    • Slovene: zẹ́ljе (“vegetation, grass”)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: zelí (“cabbage”)
    • Polabian: ziľă (“grass”)
    • Polish: ziele
    • Slovak: ziele
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: zеlо
      • Lower Sorbian: zeľe

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “зелье”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “зеле”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 631

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2015), “žalias”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 511f
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), “zelje”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*zèlьje”
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