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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/solvъ

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-Indo-European *solHwos. Indo-European cognates include Old High German salwo (“dirty yellow”), Old Irish salach (“dirty”).

Adjective

*solvъ

  1. yellowish-gray

Declension

  • *solviti (“grow dim (of the eyes); become lethargic, sleepy”)
  • *solvьjь (“nightingale”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: соло́вꙑи (solóvyi, “light red color with white tail and mane (about horses)”)
      • Old Ruthenian: соло́вый (solóvyj, “bay (hair coat color of horses)”)
        • Ukrainian: соло́вий (solóvyj, “yellowish-grey”)
      • Russian: соло́вый (solóvyj, “light bay”), солово́й (solovój, “yellowish-grey”)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      • ⇒ Russian Church Slavonic: славоочиѥ (slavoočije, “blue-gray (of eyes)”)

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 460
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