Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zolto

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

    Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źálˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰólh₃-tom (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). Cognate with Latvian zȩ̀lts, English gold. See also Persian زر (zar).

    Noun

    *zȏlto n[1][2]

    1. gold

    Declension

    Declension of *zȏlto (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *zȏlto *zȏltě *zoltà
    genitive *zȏlta *zoltù *zõltъ
    dative *zȏltu *zoltomà *zoltòmъ
    accusative *zȏlto *zȏltě *zoltà
    instrumental *zȏltъmь, *zȏltomь* *zoltomà *zoltý
    locative *zȏltě *zoltù *zoltě̃xъ
    vocative *zȏlto *zȏltě *zoltà

    * -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

    Descendants

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “зо́лото”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “золото”, 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 328

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zȍlto”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 547
    2. ^ Kapović, Mate (2007), “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎[1], University of Vienna, page 7: “*zȏlto”
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