Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъslo

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

Uncertain. Snoj tentatively suggests origin from Proto-Indo-European *gewh₂- (“to evoke”), probably from *gъsti +‎ *-slo (base verb possibly reflected in Upper Sorbian hesć (“to mutter”)).

Noun

*gъslȍ n

1. sign, word as code

Declension

Declension of *gъslo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gъslo	*gъslě	*gъsla
genitive	*gъsla	*gъslu	*gъslъ
dative	*gъslu	*gъsloma	*gъslomъ
accusative	*gъslo	*gъslě	*gъsla
instrumental	*gъslъmь, *gъslomь*	*gъsloma	*gъsly
locative	*gъslě	*gъslu	*gъslěxъ
vocative	*gъslo	*gъslě	*gъsla

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

Descendants

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: heslo
    • Czech: heslo
      • → Serbo-Croatian: gȅslo
      • → Slovene: géslo
    • → Polish: hasło
      • → Kashubian: hasło (non-standard)
      • → Belarusian: га́сло (háslo)
      • → Ukrainian: га́сло (háslo)
    • → Slovak: heslo
  • Kashubian: gsło, gesło (both archaic)
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: hesło

References

Further reading

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “Proto-Slavic/gъslo”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 193b
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gъslo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 215