Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫgъlъ

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-Indo-European *h₂engulos (“joint?”), from *h₂eng- +‎ *-ъlъ. From the same Indo-European root also *ǫkotь and *paǫkъ (“spider”).

Cognate with Latin angulus, Sanskrit अङ्गुरि (aṅgúri, “finger, toe”) and Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “crooked, curved”).

Noun

*ǫ̑gъlъ m

1. corner, angle

Declension

Declension of *ǫ̑gъlъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ǫ̑gъlъ	*ǫ̑gъla	*ǫ̑gъli
genitive	*ǫ̑gъla	*ǫgъlù	*ǫgъ̀lъ
dative	*ǫ̑gъlu	*ǫgъlomà	*ǫgъlòmъ
accusative	*ǫ̑gъlъ	*ǫ̑gъla	*ǫ̑gъly
instrumental	*ǫ̑gъlъmь, *ǫ̑gъlomь*	*ǫgъlomà	*ǫgъlý
locative	*ǫ̑gъlě	*ǫgъlù	*ǫgъlě̃xъ
vocative	*ǫgъle	*ǫ̑gъla	*ǫ̑gъli

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

Descendants

• East Slavic: оугълъ (ugŭlŭ), оуглъ (uglŭ)
  • Belarusian: ву́гал (vúhal)
  • Russian: у́гол (úgol)
  • Ukrainian: у́гол (úhol)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: ѫгълъ (ǫgŭlŭ)
  • Bulgarian: ъ̀гъл (ǎ̀gǎl)
  • Macedonian: агол (agol)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: у̏гал (dialectal) → у̏гао

    Roman: ȕgal (dialectal) → ȕgao, vugel (Kajkavian)

  • Slovene: ọ́gəł, vogȃł (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: úhel
  • Polish: węgieł
  • Slovak: uhol
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: nugeł
    • Upper Sorbian: nuhł

References

• Gluhak, Alemko (1993) “Proto-Slavic/ǫgъlъ”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik [Croatian Etymology Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN