Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sědlo

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 *sēdla, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-lo-m, equivalent to *sěděti +‎ *-lo.

Noun

*sě̄dlò n

1. seat

Declension

Declension of *sě̄dlò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sě̄dlò	*sě̃dlě	*sě̄dlà
genitive	*sě̄dlà	*sě̄dlù	*sě̃dlъ
dative	*sě̄dlù	*sě̄dlòma	*sě̄dlòmъ
accusative	*sě̄dlò	*sě̃dlě	*sě̄dlà
instrumental	*sě̄dlъ̀mь, *sě̄dlòmь*	*sě̄dlòma	*sě̃dly
locative	*sě̄dlě̀	*sě̄dlù	*sě̃dlěxъ
vocative	*sě̄dlò	*sě̃dlě	*sě̄dlà

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: sélo, sijélo (“evening party in the village”)

    Cyrillic script: се́ло, сије́ло (“evening party in the village”)

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: siedlo
    • Czech: sídlo
  • Old Polish: siadło
    • ⇒ Polish: Długosiodło
  • Slovak: sídlo
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: sedło
    • Upper Sorbian: sydło

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sě̄dlò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 445

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “село”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “село”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 152