žьzlъ

žezlъ; žьzlъ; žezlò Grammatical information: m. o; m. o; n. o Accent paradigm: b Proto-Slavic meaning: `stick, staff'

Old Church Slavic:

žьzlъ `stick, staff, sceptre' [m o];

žezlъ `stick, staff, sceptre' [m o]

Russian:

žezl `stick, staff, crozier' [m o], žezlá [Gens] \{1\};

žezél' (dial.) `short stick to which draught dogs are tied' [f i]

Czech:

žezlo `sceptre' [n o]

Old Czech:

žezl `sceptre' [m o];

žezlo `sceptre' [n o]

Serbo-Croatian:

žèzlo `sceptre' [n o];

žéželj (Vuk) `ein Anbindstock fur die Schafhünde' [m jo]

Slovene:

žę́zlọ `sceptre' [n o]

Bulgarian:

žézăl `staff, sceptre' [m o]

Indo-European reconstruction: geǵʰ-l-

Comments: The connection with OHG kegil `nail, peg' etc., which would point to *geǵʰ-l- is uncertain.

Other cognates:

OHG kegil `nail, peg'

Notes:

\{1\} In Old Russian, both (a) and (b) are attested (Zaliznjak 1985: 134, 137).