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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žužeľь

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

Of onomatopoeic origin, from *žužati (“to hum”) +‎ *-eľь.

Noun

*žùžeľь m[1]

  1. humming insect (particularly cicada, chafer)

Alternative forms
  • *žužela (a-stem)

Inflection
Declension of *žužeľь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *žužeľь *žužeľa *žužeľi
genitive *žužeľa *žužeľu *žužeľь
dative *žužeľu *žužeľema *žužeľemъ
accusative *žužeľь *žužeľa *žužeľę̇
instrumental *žužeľьmь, *žužeľemь* *žužeľema *žužeľi
locative *žužeľi *žužeľu *žužeľixъ
vocative *žužeľu *žužeľa *žužeľi
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *žuželica, *žuželъka (dialectal)
  • *žukъ (“beetle”)
  • *žuža, *žužьkъ (“cockchafer”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: жужель (žuželĭ)
      • Belarusian: жу́жаль (žúžalʹ, “chafer”)
      • ⇒ Russian: жу́желица (žúželica, “chafer”) (dialectal)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: жу́желиця (žúželycja, “chafer”)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: жоужель (žuželĭ)
    • Bulgarian: жу́жел (žúžel, “cicada”)
    • Slovene: žúžel (dated)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: žúžela
    • Polish: żużel (“slag”) (possibly)
    • Slovak: žúžel
    • Sorbian:
      • ⇒ Upper Sorbian: žuželica
  • Non-Slavic:
    • → Greek: ζούζουλον (zoúzoulon)

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жужелица”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жужел”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 557
  • Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “жужаль”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 242

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016) “žužẹ̑lka”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “cslovan. žűželь”
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