Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dzělo

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 *dzělъ (“vehement”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gailas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰoylos.

Adverb

*dzělo

1. very

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: до зела (do zjela)
  • Russian: зело́ (zeló) (archaic)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: ꙃѣло (dzělo)
  • Slovene: zelọ̑ (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: zielo
    • Czech: zělo (obsolete)

References

• Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зело”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress