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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zelьje
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.
Inflection
Derived terms
- *zelьka (diminutive)
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зелье”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “зеле”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 631
References
- 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
- Snoj, Marko (2016) “zelje”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*zèlьje”
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