Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъlъ

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

Equivalent to *sъlati (“to send”) +‎ *-ъ.

Noun

*sъlъ m

1. messenger

Inflection

Declension of *sъlъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sъlъ	*sъla	*sъli
genitive	*sъla	*sъlu	*sъlъ
dative	*sъlu	*sъloma	*sъlomъ
accusative	*sъlъ	*sъla	*sъly
instrumental	*sъlъmь, *sъlomь*	*sъloma	*sъly
locative	*sъlě	*sъlu	*sъlěxъ
vocative	*sъle	*sъla	*sъli

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

Related terms

• *sъlati

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сълъ (sŭlŭ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: сълъ (sŭlŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⱏⰾⱏ (sŭlŭ)

  • Slovene: sel

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sъlъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 480