Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/solь

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 *sāˀlis; cognate with Latvian sāls (“salt”), Lithuanian saldus (“sweet”) and Old Prussian sal (“salt”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls.

Noun

*sȍlь f

1. salt

Declension

Declension of *sȍlь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sȍlь	*sȍli	*sȍli
genitive	*solí	*solьjù, *soľu*	*solь̀jь
dative	*sȍli	*solьmà	*sȍlьmъ
accusative	*sȍlь	*sȍli	*sȍli
instrumental	*solьjǫ́	*solьmà	*solьmì
locative	*solí	*solьjù, *soľu*	*sȍlьxъ
vocative	*soli	*sȍli	*sȍli

^* 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).

Derived terms

• *soltina (“saltmarsh”)
• *solnъ (“salty, salted”)
  • *solnina (“salt-cured meat”)
• *soliti (“to salt”)

Related terms

• *soldъ (“malt”)
• *soldъkъ (“sweet”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: соль (solĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: соль (solʹ)
      • Belarusian: соль (solʹ); со́ля (sólja) (dialectal)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: суль (sulʹ), сіль (silʹ)
      • Ukrainian: сіль (silʹ)
    • Middle Russian: соль (solʹ)
      • Russian: соль (solʹ)
  • Old Novgorodian: соль (solĭ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: соль (solĭ)
  • Bulgarian: сол (sol)
  • Macedonian: сол (sol)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: со̑л, со̑

    Latin: sȏl, sȏ

  • Slovene: sọ̑ł (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: sól
    • Czech: sůl
  • Old Polish: sól
    • Polish: sól
    • Silesian: sōl
  • Old Slovak: soľ
    • Pannonian Rusyn: соль (solʹ)
    • Slovak: soľ
  • Polabian: sül
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: sól
    • Slovincian: sól
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: sol
    • Upper Sorbian: sól

Further reading

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