Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/solvьjь

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 *solvъ (“cream-colored”) +‎ *-ьjь, from Proto-Indo-European *saluo-.

Noun

*solvьjь m

1. nightingale

Declension

Declension of *solvьjь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*solvьjь	*solvьja	*solvьji
genitive	*solvьja	*solvьju	*solvьjь
dative	*solvьju	*solvьjema	*solvьjemъ
accusative	*solvьjь	*solvьja	*solvьję̇
instrumental	*solvьjьmь, *solvьjemь*	*solvьjema	*solvьji
locative	*solvьji	*solvьju	*solvьjixъ
vocative	*solvьju	*solvьja	*solvьji

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

Descendants

• East Slavic: соловии (solovii)
  • Belarusian: салаве́й (salavjéj)
  • Russian: солове́й (solovéj)
  • Ukrainian: солове́й (solovéj)
• South Slavic:
  • Church Slavonic (Russian recension): славии (slavii)
  • Bulgarian: сла́вей (slávej)
  • Macedonian: славеј (slavej)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: сла̀вӯј

    Latin: slàvūj

  • Slovene: slávəc (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: slavík
  • Polabian: salǘöj
  • Polish: słowik
  • Slovak: slávik
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: syłoj, syłojik, syłojk
    • Upper Sorbian: syłobik, sołobik

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*solvьjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 460
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “солове́й”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress