Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/proxolda

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

Synchronically, deverbal of *proxolditi (“to cool off”) +‎ *-a.

Noun

*proxolda f

1. coolness

Declension

Declension of *proxolda (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*proxolda	*proxoldě	*proxoldy
genitive	*proxoldy	*proxoldu	*proxoldъ
dative	*proxoldě	*proxoldama	*proxoldamъ
accusative	*proxoldǫ	*proxoldě	*proxoldy
instrumental	*proxoldojǫ, *proxoldǫ**	*proxoldama	*proxoldami
locative	*proxoldě	*proxoldu	*proxoldasъ, *proxoldaxъ*
vocative	*proxoldo	*proxoldě	*proxoldy

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

• *o(b)xolda
• *perxolda
• *zaxolda

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: прахало́да (praxalóda); про́халадзь (próxaladzʹ) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: прохоло́да (proxolóda)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: ⱂⱃⱁⱈⰾⰰⰴⱏ m (proxladŭ)

    Old Cyrillic script: прохладъ m (proxladŭ)

    • Bulgarian: прохла̀да f (prohlàda)
    • → Middle Russian: прохладъ m (proxlad)
      • Russian: прохла́да f (proxláda)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “прохлад”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress