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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/volga

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wálˀgāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *wolg-eh₂, from *welg- (moist; wet). Cognate with Albanian lagë (moisture), Latvian pa-val̃ga, Lithuanian pa-valgà, Old Prussian welgen, Proto-Germanic *wulkaną.

Noun

*vòlga f[1][2][3]

  1. moisture

Inflection

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: волога (vologa)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: vláha
      • Czech: vláha
        • Bohemian (Chod dialect): vláha
    • Slovak: vlaha
    • Sorbian:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), волога”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), *vòlga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 524: “f. ā (a) ‘moisture, liquid food’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), volga”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (PR 132)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), vlága”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *vőlga
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