Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zolto

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źálˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰólh₃-tom (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). Cognate with Latvian zȩ̀lts, English gold. See also Persian (zar).

Noun

*zȏlto n^[1]^[2]

gold

Declension

Declension of *zȏlto (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zȏlto	*zȏltě	*zoltà
genitive	*zȏlta	*zoltù	*zõltъ
dative	*zȏltu	*zoltomà	*zoltòmъ
accusative	*zȏlto	*zȏltě	*zoltà
instrumental	zȏltъmь, zȏltomь^*	*zoltomà	*zoltý
locative	*zȏltě	*zoltù	*zoltě̃xъ
vocative	*zȏlto	*zȏltě	*zoltà

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

Related terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: зо́лата (zólata)
- Russian: зо́лото (zóloto)
- Ukrainian: зо́лото (zóloto)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: злато (zlato), золъто (zolŭto)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰸⰾⰰⱅⱁ (zlato), ⰸⱁⰾⱏⱅⱁ (zolŭto)
  - Bulgarian: злато́ (zlató)
  - → Russian: зла́то (zláto)
- Macedonian: злато (zlato)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: зла̑то
  
  Latin script: zlȃto
- Slovene: zlatọ̑ (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: zlato
  - Czech: zlato
- Kashubian: złoto
- Polabian: zlåtă
- Polish: złoto
- Old Slovak: zlato
  - Pannonian Rusyn: злато (zlato)
  - Slovak: zlato
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: złoto
  - Upper Sorbian: złoto

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zȍlto”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 547
^ Kapović, Mate (2007), “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎^[1], University of Vienna, page 7: “*zȏlto”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zȍlto”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 547

[2] Kapović, Mate (2007), “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎^[1], University of Vienna, page 7: “*zȏlto”

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