Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tьlo

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

Commonly listed under Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“ground”).

Noun

*tьlò n

1. ground
2. bottom

Inflection

Declension of *tьlò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tьlò	*tь̀lě	*tьlà
genitive	*tьlà	*tьlù	*tь̀lъ
dative	*tьlù	*tьlòma	*tьlòmъ
accusative	*tьlò	*tь̀lě	*tьlà
instrumental	*tьlъ̀mь, *tьlòmь*	*tьlòma	*tь̀ly
locative	*tьlě̀	*tьlù	*tь̀lěxъ
vocative	*tьlò	*tь̀lě	*tьlà

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: тьло (tĭlo)
    • Russian: тло (tlo)
    • Ukrainian: тло (tlo)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: тьло (tĭlo)

    Glagolitic script: ⱅⱐⰾⱁ (tĭlo)

  • Macedonian: тло (tlo)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: тло̏

    Latin script: tlȍ

  • Slovene: tlȁ pl (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: tlo
    • Czech: tlo
  • Old Polish: tło
    • Polish: tło
  • Slovak: tlo
  • Sorbian:

    Lower Sorbian: tło

    Upper Sorbian: tło