dętelъ

dętelъ Grammatical information: m. o Proto-Slavic meaning: `woodpecker'

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Russian:

djátel `woodpecker' [m o], djátela [Gens]

Czech:

datel `woodpecker' [m o], datla [Gens]

Slovak:

d'atel' `woodpecker' [m jo], d'atl'a [Gens]

Polish:

dzięcioɫ `woodpecker' [m o], dzięcioɫa [Gens]

Serbo-Croatian:

djètao `woodpecker' [m o], djètla [Gens];

Čak. dȅtelj (Orbanići) `woodpecker' [m jo], dȅtelja [Gens]

Slovene:

dę́tǝɫ `woodpecker' [m o], dę́tla [Gens];

dę́telj `woodpecker' [m jo]

Indo-European reconstruction: dʰ(e)lbʰ-tel-

Comments: The word for `woodpecker' can be derived from *dʰlbʰ- `dig' (in Slavic `hollow, chisel', cf. -> *dьlbti) if we assume that *dętelъ < *dentelъ or *dьntelъ reflects *deltelъ or *dьltelъ, cf. *žę̀dlo < *gʷlH-dʰlo-.