Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъsьlъ

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 undetermined origin. Speculated to be of expressive origin, derived from *sъskati (“to hiss”) +‎ *-ьlъ, or less likely to descend from *sъsati (“to suck”) +‎ *-ьlъ. Another hypothesis, based on the dialectal variants *sujękъ m / *sujęca f, proposes an origin from *sovati (“to shove, to ditch into”) (related to Proto-Slavic *sudlica (“spear”)). This hypothesis, however, demands Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) to reflect a reduplicated form of the root Proto-Balto-Slavic *śauˀ-.

Possibly akin to Latvian susuris (“fat dormouse”).

Noun

*sъ́sьlъ m

ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus)
Synonyms: *věverica, *bělъka
anemone (South Slavic)

Alternative forms

*sysьlъ
*susьlъ
*sujękъ m, *sujęca f (possibly)

Derived terms

*susьlikъ

Declension

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Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сусълъ (susŭlŭ), сусолъ (susolŭ)
  - Belarusian: сусо́л (susól) (dialectal)
  - Ukrainian: су́сол (súsol) (dialectal)
  - ⇒ Old East Slavic: *сусъликъ (*susŭlikŭ)
    - Belarusian: су́слік (súslik), су́сьлік (súsʹlik)
    - Russian: су́слик (súslik)
      - → English: suslik, souslik
      - → Ingrian: suslikka
    - Ukrainian: су́слик (súslyk) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: съ́сел (sǎ́sel)
  - ⇒ Bulgarian: су́як m (sújak), су́ица f (súica)
- Slovene: sȗslik (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: sysel
  - → German: Ziesel, Zieselmaus
- ⇒ Kashubian: sus
- Polish: suseł
  - → Ukrainian: су́сел (súsel), су́сель (súselʹ) (dialectal)
- Slovak: syseľ
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian:
  - ⇒ Upper Sorbian: suslik