Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moteľь

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

Etymology

From *motati +‎ *-eľь.

Noun

*moteľь m[1]

Alternative reconstruction of *motyľь (“butterfly, moth”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *мотель (*motelĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: мотель (motelʹ)
    - Ukrainian: му́тель (mútelʹ), му́те^ил (múte^yl) (dialectal)

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*motyľь I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 84

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[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*motyľь I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 84