orlьja

orlьja Grammatical information: f. iā Proto-Slavic meaning: `field, arable land'

Page in Trubačev: XXXII 177-179

Old Russian:

rolija `(corn-)field, ploughed field' [f jā];

rolja `(corn-)field, ploughed field' [f jā]

Ukrainian:

rilljá `ploughed field' [f jā]

Czech:

role `field, arable land' [f jā];

rolí (S. dial.) `field, arable land' [n io]

Old Czech:

rolí `field, arable land' [f iā]

Slovak:

rol'a `field, arable land' [f jā]

Polish:

rola `field, arable land' [f jā]

Upper Sorbian:

rola `field, arable land' [f jā]

Indo-European reconstruction: h₂e/orh₃-iH-

Page in Pokorny: 62

Comments: I assume that the root-final laryngeal had been lost in pretonic position before the word-initial metathesis of liquids. The fact that we find no lengthening is also connected with non-initial stress. Note that in forms such as *ràdlo AP (a) originates from Hirt's law.