Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/voltь

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 forms

• *voltъ m (u-stem)
• *volta f (ā-stem)
  • Ukrainian: воло́та (volóta) (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *walˀtiš, cognate with Lithuanian váltis (“oat ear”), Old Prussian wolti (“ear of corn”). Possibly further akin to Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest”), Old Irish folt (“hair”).

Noun

*vȏltь f

1. panicle, ear (of corn)

   Synonym: *kolsъ

Declension

Declension of *vȏltь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vȏltь	*vȏlti	*vȏlti
genitive	*voltí	*voltьjù, *volťu*	*voltь̀jь
dative	*vȏlti	*voltьmà	*vȏltьmъ
accusative	*vȏltь	*vȏlti	*vȏlti
instrumental	*voltьjǫ́	*voltьmà	*voltьmì
locative	*voltí	*voltьjù, *volťu*	*vȏltьxъ
vocative	*volti	*vȏlti	*vȏlti

^* 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).

Derived terms

• *voltiti (causative-iterative)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: во́лоть (vólotʹ)
  • Ukrainian: во́лоть (vólotʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: вла̑т

    Latin script: vlȃt

  • Slovene: vlȃt, lȃt, látje
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: vlat
  • Old Polish: włoć, błoć
    • Polish: włoć

References

Further reading

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