Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čeľustь

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain. Perhaps from *čelo (forehead) +‎ *usta (mouth),[1][2][3] however the palatalization of the l is unexpected,[4] and Boryś, Sławski, and Bańkowski all point to a Pre-Slavic root.[3][5][6]

Noun[edit]

*čeľustь f

  1. jaw

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “челюсть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “czeluść”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
  3. 3.0 3.1 Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “czeluść”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  4. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “челюсть”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  5. ^ Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “czeluść”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
  6. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “czeluść”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Further reading[edit]

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čel'ustь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 43