Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ulьjь

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-Balto-Slavic *aulios, whence also Lithuanian aulỹs (“(bee)hive”), Latvian aũlis (“(bee)hive”), and Old Prussian aulis (“shin(bone)”); from an i-stem derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlós, nominalization of *h₂ewlo- (“tube, hole, channel”), to which compare the dialectal meanings “hollow tree” in Slovene and “pipe, opening” in Bulgarian.

Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek αὐλός (aulós, “tube, pipe, flute; haulm”), αὐλών (aulṓn, “hollow, channel, strait”), Old Armenian ուղի (ułi, “road, path, way”), Hittite [script needed] (halluwa-, “hollow, pit”) and/or 𒀀𒌑𒇷𒅖 (a-ú-li-iš /⁠aulis⁠/, “tube-shaped organ in the neck”), Latin alvus (“hollow, cavity; trough, hold of a ship”), and dialectal Norwegian aul (“(hollow stalk of) wild angelica”).

Noun

*ulьjь m

1. hive
2. (dialectal) hollow tree; opening; pipe

Inflection

Declension of *ulьjь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ulьjь	*ulьja	*ulьji
genitive	*ulьja	*ulьju	*ulьjь
dative	*ulьju	*ulьjema	*ulьjemъ
accusative	*ulьjь	*ulьja	*ulьję̇
instrumental	*ulьjьmь, *ulьjemь*	*ulьjema	*ulьji
locative	*ulьji	*ulьju	*ulьjixъ
vocative	*ulьju	*ulьja	*ulьji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *ùlica (“road, channel”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ву́лей (vúljej)
  • Russian: у́лей (úlej)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: уль (ulʹ)
  • Ukrainian: у́лій (úlij), ву́лій (vúlij)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: улей (ulej)
  • Macedonian: улиште (ulište) (< *ulьjьšče)
  • Slovene: ȗlj
• West: Slavic:
  • Old Czech: úlí
    • Czech: úl
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): houl
  • Polish: ul
  • Slovak: úľ
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: wul