orь̀lъ

orь̀lъ Grammatical information: m. o Accent paradigm: b Proto-Slavic meaning: `eagle'

Page in Trubačev: XXXII 232-234

Old Church Slavic:

orьlъ `eagle' [m o]

Russian:

orël `eagle' [m o], orlá [Gens]

Czech:

orel `eagle' [m o]

Slovak:

orol, orel `eagle' [m o]

Polish:

orzeɫ `eagle' [m o], orɫa [Gens]

Upper Sorbian:

worjoɫ `eagle' [m o], wórɫa [Gens]

Lower Sorbian:

jerjoɫ `eagle' [m o];

jerjeɫ `eagle' [m o];

herjoɫ (dial.) `eagle' [m o];

herjeɫ (dial.) `eagle' [m o];

horal (arch.) `eagle' [m o]

Serbo-Croatian:

òrao `eagle' [m o]

Slovene:

órǝɫ `eagle' [m o], órla [Gens]

Bulgarian:

orél `eagle' [m o]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: or-il-o-;; er-el-io-

Lithuanian:

erẽlis `eagle' [m jo] 2 \{1\}

Latvian:

ḕrglis `eagle' [m jo]

Old Prussian:

arelie `eagle'

Indo-European reconstruction: h₃er-il-o \{2\}

Certainty: +

Comments: The e- of the East Baltic forms is a good example of "Rozwadowski's change". It doesn't seem very plausible that within Slavic only the Low Sorbian forms would show the effect of this phenomenon.

Other cognates:

Gk. ὄρνις `bird'

;

Go. ara `eagle'

;

OIc. ǫrn `eagle'

;

OIr. irar `eagle'

;

Hitt. hara(n)- `eagle'

Notes:

\{1\} The variant arẽlis is limited to the area where e- becomes a- (Būga RR II: 508).