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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-dlo

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 Proto-Indo-European *-tlom / *-dʰlom.

Suffix

*-dlo n[1][2]

  1. Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
    ‎*žerti (“to eat”) + ‎*-dlo → ‎*gъ̀rdlo (“throat”)
    ‎*mỳti (“to wash”) + ‎*-dlo → ‎*mỳdlo (“soap”)
    ‎*šìti (“to sew”) + ‎*-dlo → ‎*šidlo (“awl”)
  2. Forms nouns denoting a place of activity
    Synonym: *-išče
    ‎*bỳti (“to be”) + ‎*-dlo → ‎*bydlò (“dwelling, abode”)
    ‎*kǫpàti (“to bathe”) + ‎*-dlo → ‎*kǫpadlo (“bathing place”)
    ‎*běliti (“to whiten”) + ‎*-dlo → ‎*bělidlo (“whitening place”)

Declension
Declension of *-dlo (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *-dlo *-dlě *-dla
genitive *-dla *-dlu *-dlъ
dative *-dlu *-dloma *-dlomъ
accusative *-dlo *-dlě *-dla
instrumental *-dlъmь, *-dlomь* *-dloma *-dly
locative *-dlě *-dlu *-dlěxъ
vocative *-dlo *-dlě *-dla
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-dlo

Descendants
  • 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 script: -ло
      Latin script: -lo
    • Slovene: -lo
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: -dlo
    • Polabian: -dlü
    • Old Polish: -dło
    • Slovak: -dlo
    • Slovincian: -dlô, -lô
    • Sorbian:
  • Non-Slavic:

References
  1. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “Suf. -dlo”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 113
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2014) “2.10.6 *-dlo < *-dla”, in Slavic Nominal Word-formation: Proto-Indo-European Origins and Historical Development (Empirie und Theorie der Sprachwissenschaft; 3), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 82
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