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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-dlo

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *-tlom / *-dʰlom.

Suffix

*-dlo n

  1. Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument.
    *oràti (“to plow”) → *òrdlo (“plow”)
    *česàti (“to comb”) → *česadlo (“comb”)
    *pьsàti (“to write”) → *pisadlo (“pencil”)
    *mě̀riti (“to measure”) → *měridlo (“scales”)
    *kadìti (“to smoke”) → *kadìdlo (“incense”)
    *žerti (“to eat”) → *gъ̀rdlo (“throat”)
    *mỳti (“to wash”) → *mỳdlo (“soap”)
    *šìti (“to sew”) → *šidlo (“awl”)

Declension
Declension of *-dlo (hard o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *-dlo *-dlě *-dla
Accusative *-dlo *-dlě *-dla
Genitive *-dla *-dlu *-dlъ
Locative *-dlě *-dlu *-dlěxъ
Dative *-dlu *-dloma *-dlomъ
Instrumental *-dlъmь, *-dlomь* *-dloma *-dly
Vocative *-dlo *-dlě *-dla
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
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Descendants

Note the loss of d from -dlo in South and East Slavic languages but its presentation in West Slavic ones.

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: -ло (-lo)
      • Belarusian: -ла (-la) (unstressed), -ло (-lo) (stressed)
      • Russian: -ло (-lo)
      • Ukrainian: -ло (-lo)
    • Old Novgorodian: -гло (-glo)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: -ло (-lo)
      Glagolitic: -ⰾⱁ (-lo)
    • Bulgarian: -ло (-lo)
    • Macedonian: -ло (-lo)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: -ло
      Latin: -lo
    • Slovene: -lo
  • Non-Slavic languages:

References
  • Šekli, Matej (2012), “Besedotvorni pomeni samostalniških izpeljank v praslovanščini”, in Philological Studies‎ (in Slovene), volume 10, issue 1, Skopje, Perm, Ljubljana, Zagreb, pages 115–32
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