Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/oldi

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 *aldjāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oldʰeh₂, *h₂eldʰeh₂ (“hollowed-out trough, vessel”).

    Baltic cognates include Lithuanian eldijà, aldijà (“hollowed out tree trunk, canoe”).

    Indo-European cognates include Old English ealdoht, aldaht (“trough, vessel”), Proto-Germanic *aldǭ (“trough, hollow (of a tree)”), German alden (“furrow”) (dialectal), Tocharian B olyi (“vessel, ship, boat”) (< *oldy-).[1] The Early Slavs used dugout canoes.

    Noun

    *oldi f[1][2][3]

    1. boat, vessel

    Declension

    Declension of *oldi (ī-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *oldi *oldьji *oldьję̇
    genitive *oldьję̇ *oldьju *oldьjь
    dative *oldьji *oldьjama *oldьjamъ
    accusative *oldьjǫ *oldьji *oldьję̇
    instrumental *oldьjejǫ, *oldьjǫ** *oldьjama *oldьjami
    locative *oldьji *oldьju *oldьjasъ, *oldьjaxъ*
    vocative *oldьje *oldьji *oldьję̇

    * -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
    ** 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).

    Alternative forms

    • *oldьji
    • *oldьja

    Derived terms

    • *oldica
    • *oldьjьka, *oldьjьca
    • *oldьjьnъ
      • *oldьjьnikъ
    • *oldьnъ
      • *oldьnikъ
    • *oldъka
    • *oldyga (“stalk”)
      • *oldyžьka
    • *oldy
    • *oldьje

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: лоди (lodi), лодь (lodĭ), лодьꙗ (lodĭja), алъдиꙗ (alŭdija)
        • Old Ruthenian: лодь (lodʹ), лодьꙗ (lodʹja)
          • Ukrainian: лодь (lodʹ), ло́дя (lódja)
        • Russian: лодь (lodʹ), ладья́ (ladʹjá), олдья́ (oldʹjá), dial. ло́дья (lódʹja), ло́дка (lódka)
          • → Middle High German: loddie, loddige
          • → Swedish: lodja
          • → Norwegian Bokmål: lodje
          • → Baltic German: Lodje
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лодка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “ладья”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 463
    • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*oldi / *oldьji? *oldьja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 53

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*oldi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 367: “f. ī ‘boat’”
    2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “oldi”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c båd (PR 138)”
    3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “lādja”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*oldi̋, rod. *óldьje”
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