Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stьklo

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌺𐌻𐍃 (stikls). The original meaning was goblet, chalice which eventually shifted towards the material from which they were made. For a similar semantic development, compare Turkish cam (glass) < Persian جام (jâm, cup).

Noun

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*stьklo n

  1. glass

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Lithuanian: stiklas
  • Latvian: stikls
  • ? Old Prussian: sticlo (perhaps directly from Gothic)
  • Romanian: sticlă (via some Slavic language)

Further reading

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