ȇdlь

ȇdlь; edlà Grammatical information: f. i; f. ā Accent paradigm: c Proto-Slavic meaning: `spruce, fir'

Page in Trubačev: VI 14-15

Russian:

el' `spruce, fir' [f i], éli [Gens] \{1\}

Czech:

jedle `fir' [f jā]

Old Czech:

jedl `spruce, fir' [f i]

Slovak:

jedl'a `fir' [f jā]

Polish:

jodɫa `fir' [f ā] \{2\}

Old Polish:

jedl `spruce, fir' [f i];

jedla [f ā]

Serbo-Croatian:

jéla `fir' [f ā];

jȅla `fir' [f ā];

Čak. jȅla (Vrgada) `tree-trunk' [f ā]

Slovene:

ję̑l `spruce, fir' [f i], jelȋ [Gens];

ję̑la `spruce, fir' [f ā]

Bulgarian:

jelá `fir' [f ā]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: edli-

Lithuanian:

ẽglė `spruce, fir' [f ē] 2

Latvian:

egle `spruce, fir' [f ē]

Old Prussian:

addle (EV) `spruce, fir' [f]

Indo-European reconstruction: h₁edʰ-l-i

IE meaning: spruce, fir

Page in Pokorny: 289-290

Comments: Connecting the name of the `spruce' or `fir-tree' with Lith. ãdata `needle' and adýti `to darn', as advocated by Fraenkel ( Fraenkel I: 117-118) and Pokorny, is semantically attractive but does not make much sense in relation to Lat. ebulum (cf. Andersen 1996: 119).

Other cognates:

Lat. ebulum `dwarf-elder, danewort (sambucus ebulus)' [n], ebulus `dwarf-elder, danewort (sambucus ebulus)' [f];

Gaul. odocos `dwarf-elder, danewort (sambucus ebulus)';

OHG attuh, attah `dwarf-elder, danewort (sambucus ebulus)'

Notes:

\{1\} Alongside ëlka. A different reflex of the sequence *dl is attested in the dialect form ëgla. \{2\} In dialects we find such forms as jegla and jagla.