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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/podьlъ

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 reconstructions

  • *podlъ (possibly, if originally West Slavic)

Etymology

Uncertain. May have had:

  • West Slavic origin: From *podъ (bottom) + *-lъ, originally implying “low, basely”, later spread to East and South Slavic. Such an origin is synchronically improbable for non-Western branches since there Common *-dl- is rendered as plain *-l-.
  • Common Slavic origin: From *podъ (under) + *-ьlъ, with the same suffix as Proto-Slavic *světьlъ (bright).
  • Deadverbial[1]: From Proto-Slavic *podьlě (along, beside), equivalent to *po- + *dьlъ (length). Compare Czech vedle (beside, alongside)Czech vedlejší (minor, secondary) for similar development.

Adjective

*podьlъ[1]

  1. inferior
  2. low
    Synonyms: *dolьnъ, *nizъkъ
    dishonest, disrespectful, deceitful (for act/behavior)
    vile, despicable, wicked (for person)

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: по́длы (pódly)
    • Russian: по́длый (pódlyj)
    • Ukrainian: пі́длий (pídlyj)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Snoj, Marko (2016), pódəł”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “verjetno izpeljano iz pslovan. *podъ̏ ‛tla’... Druga možnost je ... iz pslovan. *podьle ‛poleg’”
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