Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/motyľь

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 reconstructions

• *motuľь, *motъľь, *moteľь

Etymology

From *motati +‎ *-yľь.

Noun

*motyľь m (feminine *motyľa)

1. butterfly, moth

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *мотꙑль (*motylĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: моты́ль (motýlʹ)
      • Belarusian: маты́ль (matýlʹ); мо́тыль (mótylʹ) (dialectal)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: моты́ль (motŷ́lʹ)
      • Ukrainian: моти́ль (motýlʹ); мати́ль (matýlʹ), моті́ль (motílʹ) (dialectal)
    • Russian: моты́ль (motýlʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: metulj
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: motýl
    • Czech: motýl; motiľ, motyľa f, motyla f, motyľ (dialectal)
  • Old Polish: motyl
    • Polish: motyl; motyͤl, mᵘ̯otyl (dialectal)
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: mòtil
  • Slovak: motýľ