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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bělovolsъ

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

*bělъ (white) + *-o- + *volsъ (hair)

Adjective

*bělovolsъ

  1. white-haired, blonde-haired, fair-haired

Declension

  • *bělъ (white)
  • *volsъ (a hair)
  • *bělogolvъ (having a white head)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: белавало́сы (bjelavalósy)
    • Russian: беловоло́сый (belovolósyj)
    • Ukrainian: біловоло́сий (bilovolósyj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: беловла́с (belovlás)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бјело̀влас, бело̀влас
      Latin: bjelòvlas, belòvlas
    • Slovene: belolás
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: bělovlasy
    • Polish: białowłosy
    • Slovak: bielovlasý
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: běłowłosaty
      • Upper Sorbian: běłowłosaty, běłowłosny

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bělovolsъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 76
  • Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “*bělovolsъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 237
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