Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьltěti

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 *žьltъ (“yellow”) +‎ *-ěti.

Verb

*žьltěti[1]

  1. to turn yellow

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *жьлтѣти (*žĭltěti)
      • Old Ruthenian: *жовтѣ́ти (*žovtě́ti)
        • Belarusian: жаўце́ць (žawcjécʹ)
        • Ukrainian: жовті́ти (žovtíty)
      • Russian: желте́ть (želtétʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: жълте́я (žǎltéja)
    • Macedonian: жолтее (žoltee)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: žlutěti
    • Polish: żółcieć
    • Slovak: žltieť

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “obžьltěti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 31 (*obvelčenьje – *obžьniviny), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 257
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