Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьlknǫti

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 *žь̑lčь (“bile”) +‎ *-nǫti, however some adjective would be expected. Languages with -t- contaminated the word with *žь̑ltъ (“yellow”), possibly already in Proto-Slavic stage.

Verb

*žьlknǫti[1][2][3]

  1. to yellow (to become yellow or yellower)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *жьлкнѫти (*žĭlknǫti)
      • Old Ruthenian: *жо́вкнути (*žóvknuti)
      • Russian: же́лкнуть (žélknutʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: жлъ́твам (žlǎ́tvam)
    • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: жу̏тнути
      Latin script: žȕtnuti
    • Slovene: žółkniti, žółgniti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: žluknout
    • Old Polish: *żółknąć
      • Polish: żółknąć, ⇒ żółtnąć
      • Silesian: żōłknōńć
    • Polabian: zåu̯knĕ (3sg)
    • Pomeranian:
      • ⇒ Kashubian: żôłtknąc
    • Old Slovak: žlknúť, ⇒ žltnúť, žlutnúť
      • Pannonian Rusyn: жовкнуц (žovknuc), жолкнуц (žolknuc)
      • Slovak: (dialectal) žlknuť, ⇒ žltnúť
    • Sorbian:
      • ⇒ Lower Sorbian: žołtnuś
      • ⇒ Upper Sorbian: žołtnyć

References

  1. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “жо́ўкнуць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
  2. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “żółknąć”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 756
  3. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007), “žluknout”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda, page 792
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