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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mogyla

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

*pogrebalьna(ja) *mogyla (sketch)

Alternative forms

  • *gomyla

Etymology

Probably from a substrate language, akin to Albanian gamulë, magulë and Romanian movilă, moghilă, măgură, măgulă, Aromanian mãgulã. Miklošič, Brückner (followed by Vasmer et al.) however do not exclude an autochthonous origin akin to Proto-Slavic *moťьje pl (relics, holy remains) (from an earlier *mogtьje).

Per St. Mladenov, if the regional metathesized forms reflecting *gomyla are primary, a descent from Proto-Indo-European *gem- (to seize, to take hold, to squeeze) could also be possible. The later forms may have been influenced by Proto-Slavic *gomola (lump, clod), though. Compare Lithuanian gãmalas, gãmulas m (chunk), gamulà f (bulge).

Noun

*mogỳla f[1][2]

  1. hill, mound
  2. burial mound, kurgan

Declension

Derived terms

  • *mogylistъ (hillocky)
  • *mogylьnъ (burial)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “могила”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mogyla”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 115
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “могила”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 196

References

  1. Olander, Thomas (2001) “mogyla”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (SA 155; PR 132)
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016) “gomila”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:iz *mogy̋la
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