Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dalь

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 *do (“to, up to, until”) Compare Latvian tāls (“far, distant”), from a suffixed form of Proto-Indo-European *to-[1]

    Noun

    *dalь f

    1. distance

    Declension

    Declension of *dalь (i-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *dalь *dali *dali
    genitive *dali *dalьju, *daľu* *dalьjь, *dali*
    dative *dali *dalьma *dalьmъ
    accusative *dalь *dali *dali
    instrumental *dalьjǫ, *daľǫ* *dalьma *dalьmi
    locative *dali *dalьju, *daľu* *dalьxъ
    vocative *dali *dali *dali

    * The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Russian: даль (dalʹ)
      • Ukrainian: даль (dalʹ)
    • South Slavic:
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: да̑љ
        Latin script: dȃlj
      • Slovene: dálja (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:
      • Czech: dál
      • Polish: dal
      • Slovak: ďalej, ďaleko

    References

    1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “tāls”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

    Further reading

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