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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bolgъ

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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

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Etymology

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Compare the noun *bolgo (good, well-being), both possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (to shine).[1]

Adjective

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*bȏlgъ[2][3]

  1. good
  2. nice

Inflection

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Accent paradigm c.

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “124-25”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 124-25
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bȏlgъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 51:adj. o (c) ‘good’
  3. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “bolgъ bolga bolgo”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (SA 109, 111, 122; PR 138)