Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-dlo
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-tlom / *-dʰlom.
Suffix
*-dlo n
- 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)
Related terms
Derived terms
Descendants
Note the loss of d from -dlo in South and East Slavic languages but its presentation in West Slavic ones.
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
References
- Šekli, Matej (2012) “Besedotvorni pomeni samostalniških izpeljank v praslovanščini”, in Philological Studies[1] (in Slovene), volume 10, number 1, Skopje, Perm, Ljubljana, Zagreb, pages 115–32