Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/orьlъ

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 *erélis, *arélis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō.

Cognate with Lithuanian erẽlis (“eagle”), arẽlis (dialectal), Latvian ērglis (“eagle”) and Old Prussian arelie (“eagle”). The Proto-Slavic form comes from a Proto-Balto-Slavic *arélis (cf. Lithuanian arẽlis (“eagle”) (dialectal), Old Prussian arelie (“eagle”)) from the earlier and original *erélis.

Noun

*orь̀lъ m

1. eagle

Declension

Declension of *orь̀lъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*orь̀lъ	*orьlà	*orьlì
genitive	*orьlà	*orьlù	*orь̀lъ
dative	*orьlù	*orьlòma	*orьlòmъ
accusative	*orь̀lъ	*orьlà	*orьlỳ
instrumental	*orьlъ̀mь, *orьlòmь*	*orьlòma	*orь̀ly
locative	*orьlě̀	*orьlù	*orь̀lěxъ
vocative	*orьle	*orьlà	*orьlì

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: аро́л (aról)
  • Russian: орёл (orjól)
  • Ukrainian: оре́л (orél)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: орьлъ (orĭlŭ)

    Glagolitic: ⱁⱃⱐⰾⱏ (orĭlŭ)

  • Bulgarian: оре́л (orél)
  • Macedonian: орел (orel)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: о̀рао

    Latin: òrao

  • Slovene: órəł (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: orel
    • Czech: orel
  • Polabian: viŕål
  • Polish: orzeł
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: òrzéł
  • Silesian: oreł
  • Old Slovak: orol, orel
    • Pannonian Rusyn: орел (orel)
    • Slovak: orol
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: jerjeł
    • Upper Sorbian: worjoł