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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/želbъ

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

Uncertain. Has been compared with Ancient Greek δολφóς (dolphós, “gut”), δελφῡ́ς (delphū́s, “womb”), Sanskrit गर्भ (garbha, “fetus, womb”) from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ-, however, (per Vasmer) semantically unsatisfactory. Alternatively, akin to Ancient Greek γλάφω (gláphō, “to dig, to hollow”), Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”), possibly Proto-Celtic *gulbā (“beak”) from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“to flay, to scrape”).

Noun

*žȇlbъ m[1][2]

  1. groove, furrow, manger
  2. socket
  3. (by extension) steep gorge

Declension

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Derived terms
  • *želbiti (“to furrow, to trench”)
  • *želbьcь, *želbica (“small socket, groove”)
  • *želbina (“socket; muzzle, gorge”)
  • *želbьnъ (“grooved”)
  • *želbavъ (“notched, hooked”)
  • *gъlbь, *gъlbica (“type of duck, swan”) (possibly)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: жолобъ (žolobŭ)
      • Belarusian: жо́лаб (žólab)
      • Russian: жёлоб (žólob), жо́лоб (žólob)
      • Ukrainian: жо́лоб (žólob)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: жлѣбъ (žlěbŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰶⰾⱑⰱⱏ (žlěbŭ)
    • Bulgarian: жлеб (žleb), жляб (žljab)
    • Macedonian: жлеб (žleb)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: жле̑б, жлије̑б
      Latin script: žlȇb, žlijȇb
    • Slovene: žlȇb (u-stem)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “жолоб”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жлеб”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 549
  • жолоб in Горох.ua (Етимологія)

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “želbъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “d rende (PR 137; RPT 105)”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), “žlȇb”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *žȇlbъ”
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