Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gogolъ

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

Alternative forms

• *gogoľь

Etymology

Probably inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gagalas. Cognates include Lithuanian gagalas, Old Prussian gegalis, probably Old Norse gagl, Hittite [script needed] (kallikalli-). By surface analysis, *gogotati +‎ *-olъ.

Noun

*gogolъ m (feminine *gogolica)

1. some species of wild duck

Declension

Declension of *gogolъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gogolъ	*gogola	*gogoli
genitive	*gogola	*gogolu	*gogolъ
dative	*gogolu	*gogoloma	*gogolomъ
accusative	*gogolъ	*gogola	*gogoly
instrumental	*gogolъmь, *gogolomь*	*gogoloma	*gogoly
locative	*gogolě	*gogolu	*gogolěxъ
vocative	*gogole	*gogola	*gogoli

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

Derived terms

nouns

• *gogolica f
• *gogoľь m

 

Related terms

nouns

• *gogotъ m

 

verbs

• *gogotati impf

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: гого́л (gogól, “seagull; drake; duck”) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: gògol (“Podiceps cristatus”), gogol (“Bucephala clangula”) (dialectal)

    Cyrillic script: го̀гол (“Podiceps cristatus”), гогол (“Bucephala clangula”) (dialectal)

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: Hohol (personal name)
  • Old Polish: Gogoł (personal name)
  • Polish: gogoł (“Clangula glaucion; Mergellus albellus”)
    • ⇒ Polish: gągoł
    • → Czech: hohol (“Bucephala”)
      • → Slovak: hohoľ (“Bucephala clangula”)
  • ⇒ Polish: Gogołów, Gogolin (toponyms)
  • Sorbian
    • ⇒ Lower Sorbian: Gogolow (toponym)

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Albanian: gogol, Gogolani (from unattested Bulgarian or Macedonian)