Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gogolъ

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

Alternative forms

*gogoľь

Etymology

Probably inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gagalas. Cognates include Lithuanian gagalas, Old Prussian gegalis, probably Old Norse gagl, Hittite [script needed] (kallikalli-). By surface analysis, *gogotati +‎ *-olъ.

Noun

*gogolъ m (feminine *gogolica)^[1]^[2]

some species of wild duck

Declension

Declension of *gogolъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gogolъ	*gogola	*gogoli
genitive	*gogola	*gogolu	*gogolъ
dative	*gogolu	*gogoloma	*gogolomъ
accusative	*gogolъ	*gogola	*gogoly
instrumental	gogolъmь, gogolomь^*	*gogoloma	*gogoly
locative	*gogolě	*gogolu	*gogolěxъ
vocative	*gogole	*gogola	*gogoli

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

nouns

*gogolica f
*gogoľь m

Related terms

nouns

*gogotъ m

verbs

*gogotati impf

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: гого́л (gogól, “seagull; drake; duck”) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin script: gògol (“Podiceps cristatus”), gogol (“Bucephala clangula”) (dialectal)
  
  Cyrillic script: го̀гол (“Podiceps cristatus”), гогол (“Bucephala clangula”) (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: Hohol (personal name)
- Old Polish: Gogoł (personal name)
- Polish: gogoł (“Clangula glaucion; Mergellus albellus”)
  - ⇒ Polish: gągoł
  - → Czech: hohol (“Bucephala”)
    - → Slovak: hohoľ (“Bucephala clangula”)
- ⇒ Polish: Gogołów, Gogolin (toponyms)
- Sorbian
  - ⇒ Lower Sorbian: Gogolow (toponym)

Non-Slavic:
- → Albanian: gogol, Gogolani (from unattested Bulgarian or Macedonian)

References

^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (2001), “gogolъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 8 (goda – gyža), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 23
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gogolъ / *gogolь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 193

[1] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (2001), “gogolъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 8 (goda – gyža), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 23

[2] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gogolъ / *gogolь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 193

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