Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъlnьce

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 unattested *sъlnь +‎ *-ьce, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian saulė, Latvian saule, Old Prussian saule.

Indo-European cognates include Latin sōl, Welsh haul, Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios), Sanskrit सूर्य (sūrya)/स्वर् (svar).

Noun

*sъ̑lnьce n

1. sun

Inflection

Declension of *sъ̑lnьce (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sъ̑lnьce	*sъ̑lnьci	*sъlnьcà
genitive	*sъ̑lnьca	*sъlnьcù	*sъlnь̀cь
dative	*sъ̑lnьcu	*sъlnьcemà	*sъlnьcémъ
accusative	*sъ̑lnьce	*sъ̑lnьci	*sъlnьcà
instrumental	*sъ̑lnьcьmь, *sъ̑lnьcemь*	*sъlnьcemà	*sъlnьcí
locative	*sъ̑lnьci	*sъlnьcù	*sъlnьcíxъ
vocative	*sъ̑lnьce	*sъ̑lnьci	*sъlnьcà

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сълньце (sŭlnĭce)
    • Belarusian: со́нца (sónca)
    • Russian: со́лнце (sólnce)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: со́нце (sónce)
    • Ukrainian: со́нце (sónce)

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: слъньце (slŭnĭce)

    Glagolitic: ⱄⰾⱏⱀⱐⱌⰵ (slŭnĭce)

  • Bulgarian: слъ́нце (slǎ́nce)
  • Macedonian: сонце (sonce), солнце (solnce) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: су̑нце

    Latin script: sȗnce

  • Slovene: sọ̑nce (tonal orthography)

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: slunce, slnce
    • Czech: slunce
  • Kashubian: słuńce, słóńce, slônce
  • Old Polish: słuńce
  • Silesian: słōńce
  • Slovak: slnce (rare)
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: słónco
    • Lower Sorbian: słyńco

Further reading

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 479
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “солнце”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress