Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obolkъ

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 *ob- + *vȏlkъ. It literally means "a thing that shambles (in the sky)".

Noun

*obolkъ m

1. cloud

Inflection

Declension of *obolkъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*obolkъ	*obolka	*obolci
genitive	*obolka	*obolku	*obolkъ
dative	*obolku	*obolkoma	*obolkomъ
accusative	*obolkъ	*obolka	*obolky
instrumental	*obolkъmь, *obolkomь*	*obolkoma	*obolky
locative	*obolcě	*obolku	*obolcěxъ
vocative	*obolče	*obolka	*obolci

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

See also

• *tǫča
• *morkъ
• *smurъ/*xmurъ, *smura/*xmura

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: оболоко (oboloko)

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • → Belarusian: во́блака (vóblaka)
    • Bulgarian: облак (oblak)
    • → Russian: о́блако (óblako)
  • Macedonian: облак (oblak)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: о̏бла̄к

    Latin script: ȍblāk

  • Slovene: oblak

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: oblak
  • Polish: obłok
  • Slovak: oblak

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “о́болоко”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “о́блако”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*obolkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 362