Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/olsь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Balto-Slavic *alśis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ól-ḱ-is ~ h₁él-ḱ-is, from *h₁el- (“deer”). Cognate with English elk.

Noun

*ȏlsь m

elk

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лось (losĭ)
  - Belarusian: лось (losʹ)
  - Russian: лось (losʹ)
  - Ukrainian: лось (losʹ)

South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian: los
- Slovene: los

West Slavic:
- Czech: los
- Polish: łoś
- Slovak: los

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “лось”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*olsь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 370

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