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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jalovъ

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. Possibly continuing Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“to last, to protract”) with the extension *-lós. Potential cognates include Latvian jêls, Lithuanian jė̃las, and indirectly Proto-Germanic *īdalaz.

Adjective

*jalovъ

  1. idle (for process)
  2. infertile, barren (for animal)

Inflection

Alternative reconstructions

  • *alovъ

Derived terms

  • *jalověti (“to idle”)
  • *jaloviti (“to weaken, to castrate (for animals)”)
  • *jalovostь (“idleness”)
  • *jaloviznь (“eyas (one who has not reached sexual maturity)”)
  • *jalovьcь (“sterile man”)
  • *jalovica (“sterile woman”)
  • *jalovъka (“infertile creature”)
  • *jalovina (“infertile animal”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ꙗловꙑи (jalovyi)
      • Belarusian: я́лавая (jálavaja)
      • Russian: я́ловый (jálovyj)
      • Ukrainian: я́ловий (jálovyj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: алова (alova)
      Unspecified script:
    • Bulgarian: ялов (jalov)
    • Macedonian: јалов (jalov)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ја̏лов
      Latin script: jȁlov
    • Slovene: jálov
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*alovъjь, *alovaja/*jalovъjь, *jalovaja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 67
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “я́ловый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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