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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščelь

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-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cleave”). Akin to Proto-Germanic *skaljō (“shell”).

Noun

*ščelь f

  1. fracture, crack, fissure
  2. (by extension) fragment, shard, pebble

Inflection
Declension of *ščelь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *ščelь *ščeli *ščeli
genitive *ščeli *ščelьju, *ščeľu* *ščelьjь, *ščeli*
dative *ščeli *ščelьma *ščelьmъ
accusative *ščelь *ščeli *ščeli
instrumental *ščelьjǫ, *ščeľǫ* *ščelьma *ščelьmi
locative *ščeli *ščelьju, *ščeľu* *ščelьxъ
vocative *ščeli *ščeli *ščeli
* 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
  • *ščeliti (“to open a fracture”)
  • *ščelьka (diminutive)
  • *ščelina (“aperture”)
  • *ščelьcь, *ščelьkunъ (“type of winged insect”)
  • *ščelьnъ, *ščelevъ (relative adjective)
  • *ščelistъ, *ščelęstъ (“cloven, cleft”)
  • *čeľustь (“jaw”) (in its first element)
  • *ščelpъ (“lower jaw”)
  • *skala (“rock, crag”)
  • *skolьka (“shell, vesicle”)
  • *oskolъkъ (“splinter”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: шчэ́ль (ščélʹ)
    • Russian: щель (ščelʹ)
    • Ukrainian: щіль (ščilʹ)

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щель”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • щіль in Горох.ua (Етимологія)
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