Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/olъ

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-Balto-Slavic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-.

Noun

*ȍlъ m

1. beer
2. fermented liquor

Inflection

Declension of *ȍlъ (u-stem, accent paradigm c, uncountable)

	singular
nominative	*ȍlъ
genitive	*ȍlu
dative	*ȍlovi
accusative	*ȍlъ
instrumental	*ȍlъmь
locative	*olú
vocative	*olu

Derived terms

• *olovina

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: олъ (olŭ) (Russian)
• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: олъ (olŭ)
    • Russian: ол (ol)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: ọ̑l, ọ̑ł (tonal orthography)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*olъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 80
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ол”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• “alus”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012