Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьlgota

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 *dьlgъ +‎ *-ota.

Noun

*dьlgotà f

1. length

Inflection

Declension of *dьlgotà (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dьlgotà	*dьlgotě	*dьlgoty
genitive	*dьlgoty	*dьlgotu	*dьlgotъ
dative	*dьlgotě	*dьlgotama	*dьlgotamъ
accusative	*dьlgotǫ	*dьlgotě	*dьlgoty
instrumental	*dьlgotojǫ, *dьlgotǫ**	*dьlgotama	*dьlgotami
locative	*dьlgotě	*dьlgotu	*dьlgotasъ, *dьlgotaxъ*
vocative	*dьlgoto	*dьlgotě	*dьlgoty

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: дългота (dŭlgota)
    • Belarusian: даўгата́ (daŭhatá)
    • Russian: долгота́ (dolgotá)
    • Ukrainian: довгота́ (dovhotá)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: длъгота (dlŭgota)

    Glagolitic script: ⰴⰾⱏⰳⱁⱅⰰ (dlŭgota)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: дуго̀та

    Latin script: dugòta

  • Slovene: dołgóta
• West Slavic:
  • Slovincian: dlägʉ̀ɵ̯tă

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dьlgotà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 133