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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/oldi

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
*oldi

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *aldjāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oldʰeh₂; *h₂eldʰeh₂.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian eldijà, aldijà (“hollowed out tree trunk, canoe”).

Indo-European cognates include Old English ealdoht, aldaht (“trough, vessel”), Proto-Germanic *aldǭ (“trough, hollow (of a tree)”), German alden (“furrow”) (dialectal), Tocharian B olyi (“vessel, ship, boat”) (< *oldy-). The Early Slavs used dugout canoes.

Noun

*oldi f[1][2][3]

  1. boat, vessel

Declension
Declension of *oldi (ī-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *oldi *oldьji *oldьję̇
Accusative *oldьjǫ *oldьji *oldьję̇
Genitive *oldьję̇ *oldьju *oldьjь
Locative *oldьji *oldьju *oldьjasъ, *oldьjaxъ*
Dative *oldьji *oldьjama *oldьjamъ
Instrumental *oldьjejǫ, *oldьjǫ** *oldьjama *oldьjami
Vocative *oldьje *oldьji *oldьję̇
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Alternative forms
  • *oldьji
  • *oldьja

Derived terms
  • *oldica
  • *oldъka
  • *oldyga (“stalk”)
    • *oldyžьka
  • *oldьjьka / *oldьjьca
  • *oldьjьnъ
    • *oldьjьnikъ
  • *oldьnъ
    • *oldьnikъ
  • *oldy
  • *oldьje

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лоди (lodi), лодь (lodĭ), лодьꙗ (lodĭja), алъдиꙗ (alŭdija)
      • Old Belarusian: лодья (lodʹja)
      • Russian: лодь (lodʹ), ладья́ (ladʹjá), олдья́ (oldʹjá), dial. ло́дья (lódʹja), ло́дка (lódka)
        • → Middle High German: loddie, loddige
        • → Swedish: lodja
        • → Norwegian Bokmål: lodje
        • → Baltic German: Lodje
    • Old Ukrainian: лодь (lodʹ)
      • Ukrainian: лодь (lodʹ), ло́дя (lódja)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*oldi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 367: “f. ī ‘boat’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “oldi”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c båd (PR 138)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “lādja”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*oldi̋, rod. *óldьje”
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